# What’s going on with the web? The PHP issue and sites going offline

- Source: 9to5Mac
- Published: 2026-10-22T12:10:22+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/22/whats-going-on-with-the-web-the-php-issue-and-sites-going-offline/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/what-s-going-on-with-the-web-the-php-issue-and-sites-going-offline-0d6512/

A significant number of websites have gone offline, and that’s not due to a service outage, but rather a deliberate decision by the site’s owners. The reason is because extremely dangerous security vulnerabilities have been found in a protocol used by most websites – PHP. This issue is unrelated to the separate vulnerability discovered in web certificates … more…

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