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<blockquote data-quote="7r1n17y" data-source="post: 411555" data-attributes="member: 76124"><p>Clearly you do not know how secure it is as said here <a href="https://dev.acquia.com/podcast/69-php-secure-it-if-you-do-it-right-anthony-ferrara" target="_blank">https://dev.acquia.com/podcast/69-php-secure-it-if-you-do-it-right-anthony-ferrara</a>. It is secure if you do it right. If you do not understand PHP you should most likely not use it for production use because of your lack of knowledge. Also this rumor that php.net was hack we're malware was served to users was in fact real. but according to this article (<a href="http://www.eweek.com/blogs/security-watch/is-php-secure" target="_blank">http://www.eweek.com/blogs/security-watch/is-php-secure</a>) it was server to a small percentage of users and fixed with in 2 days. But if you continue to read it says `More importantly, PHP.net administrators verified that the core Git repository was not compromised, though the site is currently now in a read-only mode. Git is the version control system used by PHP (and countless other software projects today).` Meaning the programming language was not hacked. According to Quora <a href="https://www.quora.com/Is-Python-more-secure-than-PHP-Why" target="_blank">https://www.quora.com/Is-Python-more-secure-than-PHP-Why</a>. People are saying `Languages are not secure, tools are. Carefully choose your tools, and use well maintained frameworks and libs when possible.` and `It doesn't make sense to say that one language is more secure than the other. The one that makes a program insecure is the one who programmed it.` So with that being said it is secure if you do it right. Don't mistake the word security. PHP and NOdeJS, ill agree NodeJS is a little bit fast but if you read this article <a href="http://www.hostingadvice.com/blog/comparing-node-js-vs-php-performance/" target="_blank">http://www.hostingadvice.com/blog/comparing-node-js-vs-php-performance/</a> it says `PHP was first released in 1995, followed later by Node.js in 2009, and they are both mainly used as a server-side scripting language for developing web-based applications. However, Node.js is also starting to be used as a desktop application development platform.` So really it can't even compare to PHP on a web development platform. NodeJS is moving as a desktop application development platform. Plus if you visit <a href="https://www.sitepoint.com/sitepoint-smackdown-php-vs-node-js/" target="_blank">https://www.sitepoint.com/sitepoint-smackdown-php-vs-node-js/</a> it explains the PHP has better understanding syntax plus you wont get a lot of help with nodeJS because it says `You won’t get far without some development assistance from the official documentation and resources such as <a href="https://learnable.com/topics/all" target="_blank">courses</a>, <a href="http://community.sitepoint.com/" target="_blank">forums</a> and <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/" target="_blank">StackOverflow</a>.`. Another thing it says `Development technologies are restricted unless they can integrate with databases and drivers. PHP is strong in this area. It’s been around for many years and its extensions system allow direct communication with a host of popular and obscure APIs.` and `How easy is deploying your shiny new app to a live web server? It’s another clear win for PHP. Contact a random selection of web hosting companies and you’ll discover the majority offer PHP support. You’ll probably get MySQL thrown in for a bargain price. PHP is considerably easier to sandbox and more risky extensions can be disabled.`. But i am not going to lie it nodeJs has it's strong point. PHP was some strong points as well, i think we can say that both of these languages are good. Tht goes for Python and ruby. Every Programming language has its strong points and weaknesses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7r1n17y, post: 411555, member: 76124"] Clearly you do not know how secure it is as said here [URL]https://dev.acquia.com/podcast/69-php-secure-it-if-you-do-it-right-anthony-ferrara[/URL]. It is secure if you do it right. If you do not understand PHP you should most likely not use it for production use because of your lack of knowledge. Also this rumor that php.net was hack we're malware was served to users was in fact real. but according to this article ([URL]http://www.eweek.com/blogs/security-watch/is-php-secure[/URL]) it was server to a small percentage of users and fixed with in 2 days. But if you continue to read it says `More importantly, PHP.net administrators verified that the core Git repository was not compromised, though the site is currently now in a read-only mode. Git is the version control system used by PHP (and countless other software projects today).` Meaning the programming language was not hacked. According to Quora [URL]https://www.quora.com/Is-Python-more-secure-than-PHP-Why[/URL]. People are saying `Languages are not secure, tools are. Carefully choose your tools, and use well maintained frameworks and libs when possible.` and `It doesn't make sense to say that one language is more secure than the other. The one that makes a program insecure is the one who programmed it.` So with that being said it is secure if you do it right. Don't mistake the word security. PHP and NOdeJS, ill agree NodeJS is a little bit fast but if you read this article [URL]http://www.hostingadvice.com/blog/comparing-node-js-vs-php-performance/[/URL] it says `PHP was first released in 1995, followed later by Node.js in 2009, and they are both mainly used as a server-side scripting language for developing web-based applications. However, Node.js is also starting to be used as a desktop application development platform.` So really it can't even compare to PHP on a web development platform. NodeJS is moving as a desktop application development platform. Plus if you visit [URL]https://www.sitepoint.com/sitepoint-smackdown-php-vs-node-js/[/URL] it explains the PHP has better understanding syntax plus you wont get a lot of help with nodeJS because it says `You won’t get far without some development assistance from the official documentation and resources such as [URL='https://learnable.com/topics/all']courses[/URL], [URL='http://community.sitepoint.com/']forums[/URL] and [URL='http://stackoverflow.com/']StackOverflow[/URL].`. Another thing it says `Development technologies are restricted unless they can integrate with databases and drivers. PHP is strong in this area. It’s been around for many years and its extensions system allow direct communication with a host of popular and obscure APIs.` and `How easy is deploying your shiny new app to a live web server? It’s another clear win for PHP. Contact a random selection of web hosting companies and you’ll discover the majority offer PHP support. You’ll probably get MySQL thrown in for a bargain price. PHP is considerably easier to sandbox and more risky extensions can be disabled.`. But i am not going to lie it nodeJs has it's strong point. PHP was some strong points as well, i think we can say that both of these languages are good. Tht goes for Python and ruby. Every Programming language has its strong points and weaknesses. [/QUOTE]
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