Critical PHP flaws: five questions to ask your web team today
On the night of 2026-10-21, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi posted on X urging site operators to apply a PHP fix as soon as possible. If that’s difficult, she said, temporarily taking a website offline is one effective way to reduce the risk. A prime minister weighing in on a programming language patch is unusual, and it tells you how serious this one is.
