Category: PHP related

Worst “trojan” ever

December 6, 2011
PHP, PHP related, PHP Security, Security

While idly browsing [pastebin][1] (yes, sometimes I do that), I found [something interesting][2]. It’s some mildly obfuscated PHP scripted malware. Curious what it might do, I started reverse engineering it and found what must be the *worst coded trojan **ever.***

[1]: http://pastebin.com/
[2]: http://pastebin.com/7HU17uqA

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To deprecate or not to deprecate

July 26, 2011
PHP, PHP related, WTF

As of version 5.3 of PHP, certain features and functions are [considered deprecated][1]. It comes with the territory. In major version changes, new features are added while old stuff is discarded. Unsurprisingly – and lucky for me, with that change in versions comes yet another WTF for me to rant about.

[1]: http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration53.deprecated.php

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The whitespace of death

February 21, 2011
PHP, PHP related, WTF

As the first entry to the list of my PHP-related WTFs, I present:

**The whitespace of death**

This one has taken me almost a **full hour** to sort out. There may be some good features to PHP, yet this one I don’t think is even one. It should be considered a bug. As my experience has grown in [reporting bugs myself][php-bug1] or trying to [report a bug][php-bug2], I reconsidered and chose not to report it as a “bug”.

[php-bug1]: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48458
[php-bug2]: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51112

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