[mono442]

PHP is a proof that you don't need elegant or good technical solutions to be successful. You can literally pile up slop together and still be successful.

[9dev]

Yeah; the common idea of dignity and self-respect is to replace the duct tape with proper engineering once you're successful though, instead of just taping ever more of it on top and pretending SQL injections aren't really a problem.

[timbits98]

...but do they truly pretend SQL injections aren't really a problem, or do they in fact promote practices and provide pathways to reduce that risk?

[9dev]

What they do is put lipstick on a pig! There is no need to "reduce" the risk of SQL injections when you can use a safe API that eliminates the entire error class. This is a solved problem for the rest of the world!

[tredre3]

PHP offers that safe API, though, and always has (prepared statements). The same one as all other languages.

PHP might seem worse than other languages due to a combination of factors:

- It's the most used one by far, even though few of us like to admit it.

- Old tutorials still come up during web searches, so "SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE id = $id" will still be written today.

[marysol5]

I think PHP came right at the time that every man and his dog was a "web developer" and writing absolute unknowledgable stuff. And PHP allowed for it.

ASP had a bit of a barrier to entry because it required all the MS. Whereas PHP was everywhere.