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What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?
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A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.
A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.
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