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On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Matthew Bachtell
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> As someone who uses PHP to do the small things I would recommend using
> Python or another language. I am trying to transition away from PHP to
> Python as it is not a panacea. PHP's great for web scripting but was never
> intended to do all of the duct taped projects that I have put together with
> it.
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> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Yitzchak Schaffer <
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>> On 3/24/2010 17:43, Joe Hourcle wrote:
>>
>>> I know there's a lot of stuff written in it, but *please* don't
>>> recommend PHP to beginners.
>>>
>>> Yes, you can get a lot of stuff done with it, but I've had way too many
>>> incidents where newbie coders didn't check their inputs, and we've had
>>> to clean up after them.
>>>
>>
>> Another way of looking at this: part of learning a language is learning its
>> vulnerabilities and how to deal with them. And how to avoid security holes
>> in web code in general.
>>
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