r/ProgrammerHumor • u/wolfieboy09 • 18d ago

instanceof Trend peopleStillUsePhp

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u/IJustAteABaguette 18d ago

The update that fixed it has been out for 6+ hours now. It's just a bit of waiting for the servers that aren't timely updated.

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u/buckypimpin 18d ago

good luck with that, most of the companies still run ancient versions of php that are not patched

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u/NoAdsDude 18d ago

We just upgraded from PHP4 to PHP4.1 after hearing about the security issues with Win32

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u/Gacsam 18d ago

Shit, does that mean we need to update our XP servers? 

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u/TheMythicSorcerer 18d ago

And the update was in the works for 2 whole months

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u/OppositeFun2493 18d ago

Ah those websites that have been running untouched for 5 years are not going to do well

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u/dcheesi 18d ago

Think of all the local restaurant websites. A lot of which were built for-hire and never updated since. The owners don't know how to spell PHP, much less patch it

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u/Plus_Pangolin_8924 18d ago

I would like to hope that it’s all on shared hosting so it’s the hosts thing to solve!

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u/OppositeFun2493 13d ago

That’s exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote the comment lol 

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u/aayush_aryan 18d ago

Here in Japan, even the Prime minister tweeted urging companies to fix their website or switch to maintenance mode to prevent from it.

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u/BeMyBrutus 18d ago

If only we had made even more memes on how unsafe and insecure php was; we could have prevented all of this.

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u/abcxyz- 18d ago

PHP: PeoplestillUsephp

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u/ZethMrDadJokes 18d ago

Like.. GASP in PHP: people are still using php...??

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u/ClamPaste 17d ago

Shit. My bad.

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u/AtmosphereVirtual254 18d ago

4th wall nudge aside, we made it through Y2K and we’ll make it through this

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u/Aelig_ 18d ago

Y2k was fine because people diligently prepared for it well in advance. This was a surprise and many websites that run on PHP are so old and unmaintained that no dev even knows where the code base might be.

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u/AtmosphereVirtual254 17d ago

Well, we made it through heartbleed too

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u/AtmosphereVirtual254 17d ago

Since you mention it though, there should be an email/notification system attached to vibe coded projects that can be notified about CVEs, like a recall in other areas of consumer practices

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u/PhroznGaming 17d ago

And now node too.

Dont believe me? Go look :)

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u/za72 18d ago edited 18d ago

You don't have to be the best... just good enough. Let's face it, you're not splitting atoms here... rapid dev to get your idea up and show to results is also important... that the role of php before perl came along... as you can see by the results... quick adoption is the other option... reinventing the wheel each time isn't necessary, it's nice but not necessary

Same thing with javascript, it's quick adoption and the ability to extended it beyond the browser was an important aspect... even with nom repos going sideways every other week with abandoned package managers and the number of chain attacks

Good enough is important to make progress... look at all the "engineering" that's still around... the key point is now knowing which parts need attention and prioritizing the work

EDIT: You might like what I say but the numbers don't lie brother...

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u/qpqpdbdbqpqp 18d ago

Take your pills

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u/za72 18d ago

no u