Today's #PHPocalypse needs to be a wakeup call for the #PHP community.
C, with Zend Engine, need to go.
One option is Rust. A lot of effort went into https://phprust.com already. I hope more people will contribute to that project, especially PHP core developers.
Otherwise, vulnerability after vulnerability PHP's market share will continue to shrink. Breaches will affect many lives. Patches will become more and more complex.
It's time for C to go.
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