According to data from W3Techs, more than 60% of companies use a version of PHP that will no longer have support on December 31.
The next month of January 2019, more than half of the companies will find that their website is going to be in a very compromised situation. According to data from W3Techs, more than 60% of companies have an outdated version of PHP on their website. It is, in particular, the PHP 5.x and PHP 5.6 versions.
On December 31, both versions will no longer have a support service. This means that security updates for your server and for any lower grade technology will no longer be available.
What is PHP?
PHP stands for ” Hypertext Pre-Processor ” and is the language that makes it possible to display dynamic content on web pages. It allows the pages to be more interactive, improving their usability and user experience.
Why is it such a serious problem?
This means that, on January 1, 2019, many millions of websites will be in danger. Your security will no longer be guaranteed and will be exposed to all kinds of possible attacks or problems. As is evident, this situation will affect both companies and users, since many users will see how sites that have their data do not have guaranteed security.
New users will also experience problems when wanting to access websites with the PHP versions mentioned above.
How has this situation been reached?
Recently there has been a similar situation with HTTPS. Many websites took longer than they had to implement the new protocol (some have not yet done so), which meant that many were not safe.
The users receive a warning that the web they are accessing is not secure, which implies a great loss for the page in question and the company or organization that represents it.
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