PHP is far and away the most popular backend programming language today, with more than 80 websites worldwide taking advantage of PHP solutions.
All of the most popular CMS platforms – including WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal (just to name a few) leverage this technology. It’s flexibility and versatility make it a powerhouse programming language, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it is as secure as it could or should be “right out of the box”, so to speak.
It’s popularity, it’s widespread adaptation, and its relatively easy to learn structure has made PHP a major target for cyber criminals and hackers to exploit. This is why it’s mission-critical that you harden your PHP files server-side as much as possible, protecting your server, your content, and your visitors from these kinds of dangerous exploits.
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