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Re: query: how many use PHP for linux scripts [message #185957 is a reply to message #185938] Thu, 15 May 2014 14:45 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On 2014-05-15, Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
> On 5/14/2014 4:50 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 14/05/14 20:54, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>> On 2014-05-14, The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 14/05/14 09:44, crankypuss wrote:
>>>> > On 05/13/2014 03:10 PM, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>>> >> PHP is fine if you're working with the web, kind of pointless
>>>> >> otherwise.
>>>> >
>>>> > I find that to be absolutely not the case.
>>>>
>>>> but others don't. They take a personal and opposite view.
>>>>
>>>> PHP CAN be used for other things. But most of us were dong other things
>>>> perfectly well before we discovered PHP and for us PHP only has one
>>>> advantage: its widely supported as a web scripting language.
>>>
>>> As a tool for C avoidance, PHP is a bit of a johnny-come-lately.
>>> If that's all you're really interested in, then there are plenty of
>>> more well established options with whatever bells and whistles you're

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>>> On the other hand, PHP has gained itself a reputation for being
>>> the modern day equivalent of Sendmail or BIND in terms of being a
>>> security disaster.
>>>
>>
>> sendmail wasn't a security disaster if you set it up OK and bind - well
>> I've never had a problem

"if you set it up OK"

Well that's the problem right there. Sendmail was/is a complex and powerful
beast with a large number of features that were irrelevant to people 10 or 15
years ago. Nevermind now. It was overkill in most use cases and it's flexibility
a source of problems.

Something simpler and better tailored is less likely to be set up wrong.

>>
>
> Nope, it isn't a security disaster if you don't use it.
>
>> Nor with PHP either
>>
>> Juts be carefiul how you use it.

The problem is that lots of people aren't. Then they distribute
their work widely to people in no position to clean up after them.

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