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When the discussion started there were some remarks like this: >Some of these problems are inherent to PHP Also the availability of eval() and base64 encoding
by infinity 16y ago
When the discussion started there were some remarks like this:
>Some of these problems are inherent to PHP
Also the availability of eval() and base64 encoding and decoding functions in PHP were blamed for the problems. You can find these statements if you read through the whole thread.
- troels 16y agoEvery comparable language has an eval statement or equivalent. And the base64 functions are quite practical have around if you should ever have to ... eh ... decode or encode in base64. The problem here is not with PHP, but with naïve users installing software from a dubious source.
- infinity 16y agoYes, this is similar to what I wrote above. And the problem is even older than PHP. For as long as I can think back there have always been people clicking every colorful link saying "Click here! It's FREE!" and "Download for Free!". Back then the nasty payload came from cracked software and games, stuff like boot sector viruses. I wouldn't put the blame for this on assembly language.