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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

not only that but you just install it with the lamp stack setting in ubuntu tasksel with apache and mariadb. the beating that these can take (except maybe the sql) and survive is great. you also have access to the whole of linux to do more advanced stuff, while other languages/ stacks shy away from exec

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

other languages/ stacks shy away from exec

I’m sorry, what?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Turns out arbitrary code execution is actually great(!)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it does not have to be arbitrary my dude

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Problem is, you’re mixing a number of different concepts into a nonsensical claim.

Exec as an “execute a string as a language instructions” is nothing new nor unique to PHP. Ruby on Rails, for example, uses it in a controlled manner to generate methods on ActiveRecord models.

Exec as an “replace this process with another process” is old news again. It’s not even language specific.

Popen/spawn family (which seems to be what you alluded to) is, once again, nothing new and is used everywhere.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

i just meant that python's and node's implementation is shit

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