Comment by mono442
1 day ago
PHP is a proof that you don't need elegant or good technical solutions to be successful. You can literally pile up slop together and still be successful.
1 day ago
PHP is a proof that you don't need elegant or good technical solutions to be successful. You can literally pile up slop together and still be successful.
Yeah; the common idea of dignity and self-respect is to replace the duct tape with proper engineering once you're successful though, instead of just taping ever more of it on top and pretending SQL injections aren't really a problem.
...but do they truly pretend SQL injections aren't really a problem, or do they in fact promote practices and provide pathways to reduce that risk?
What they do is put lipstick on a pig! There is no need to "reduce" the risk of SQL injections when you can use a safe API that eliminates the entire error class. This is a solved problem for the rest of the world!
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I think PHP came right at the time that every man and his dog was a "web developer" and writing absolute unknowledgable stuff. And PHP allowed for it.
ASP had a bit of a barrier to entry because it required all the MS. Whereas PHP was everywhere.