PHP Programming Tips

The Alarming Security Gaps

PHP being the most used scripting language for deploying web pages is under a lot of scrutiny as well as the many projects that used it as framework. One of these is Wordpress which has suffered a lot of malicious attacks in the form of code insertion and comments spamming which is intended to influence adSense ratings or ranking to promote malicious sites to boost rankings. This promotes them without the owner’s knowledge which is more the norm for blogs seldom get administered properly.
Most well maintained blogs are ones aimed for SEO purposes and personal ones being left alone for bursts of activity without much security fanfare. One work of advise, keep all your plugins and installations updated to make them capable of dealing with the evolving threats we face each and every day. Programmers and developers should renew their focus and commitment to maintaining their security even for previous projects, this being their contribution to keeping the internet safer for all who aim to use it, geek or not.