PHP developers issue new version to fix critical vulnerabilities

Oct 21 (Reuters) - ‌Developers of ​the ​PHP programming language said a set of ‌new updates fixing two previously identified ⁠critical vulnerabilities was now live ‌and strongly encouraged users ‌to update immediately.

PHP underpins large parts of the internet and ​the vulnerabilities had raised concerns that a significant number ⁠of websites could be vulnerable to attack.

Government ​websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after ​the disclosure of ‌critical vulnerabilities in the widely used programming language ⁠left website operators scrambling to protect their systems.

The updates were ⁠for a number of different versions of ​PHP.

The programming language's developers had earlier said they had identified two critical ‌vulnerabilities and urged users to update their sites ‌as soon as a fix ⁠was released.

(Reporting ‌by Kanjyik ​Ghosh in Barcelona; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Alexander ‌Smith)

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