i agree the ease od deployment was key and it still is to large degree but it along brought a huge problem with it, security. you have to realize php is also i

i agree the ease od deployment was key and it still is to large degree but it along brought a huge problem with it, security. you have to realize php is also incredibly insecure as well. chmod 777 on install instructions? on a shared webhost server? this really was and maybe still is the "thing". the nature of being able to upload a php file to server on the public docroot makes the language always prone to hacks. sure there have been improvements with things like mod_suexec and fpms but this now makes things that usedto be easy now hard, ie htaccess and rewrite rules.