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Today β€” 22 October 2026NYT - Home Page

What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?

22 October 2026 at 15:55
A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.

Β© Vincent West/Reuters

A programmer in Guernica, Spain, on Thursday, working on PHP code, software used throughout the internet.

PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline

Governments and businesses around the world scrambled to prevent hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in PHP, a popular programming language.

Β© Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Associated Press

Prime Minister Rob Jetten of the Netherlands in Brussels last week. He said that his cabinet was closely monitoring the online vulnerability caused by a security flaw in PHP.
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