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AI hacking era makes it time to switch from PHP to Rust or Go, developer warns

A recently rated critical Php2Shell vulnerability found in the PHP programming language has sparked concern, with warnings that it may be the start of deeper, long-standing problems. Developer Jan Kammerath, who has written PHP since 1999, said AI-driven security research is enabling renewed scrutiny of PHP and could make it hard for the language to endure. He cited design choices, cloud-era mismatches and fading cost advantages, and urged PHP developers to migrate applications gradually to Rust or Go.