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Tech News Oct 22, 2026 • 7 min read

PHP Shipped Two 9.2 RCEs. My Server Says 8.3.35, and That Answer Is Not Good Enough

PHP patched two critical remote code execution bugs on 21 October. Checking my own server turned a simple version check into a lesson about shared hosting.