PHP is the workhorse of the web but not fashionable. The language is easy to use but its dynamic and forgiving nature makes it accessible to developers of every level of skill, so that there is plenty of spaghetti code out there, quick hacks that evolved into bigger projects. In particular, early PHP code was prone to SQL injection bugs as developers stuffed input from web forms directly into SQL statements, or other bugs and vulnerabilities thanks to a feature called register_globals that was on by default and which will "inject your scripts with all sorts of variables," according to its own documentation.
PHP celebrates its 25th anniversary
Posted on Tuesday, June 09 2020 @ 11:52 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckPHP is now 25 years old! Originally invented as a set of "personal home page tools", PHP is now one of the most popular scripting languages used for web development. It's estimated that roughly 80 percent of sites that use server-side programming rely on PHP. The Register offers some background information over here.
