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by jawngee 4619 days ago
No, you can slap a PHP script on a server because of how easy it is. I mean, there's a reason its ubiquitous right?

    > sudo apt-get install php5
    > *slap script on server*
    > ???
    > profit
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Macha 4619 days ago
There are many cheap shared hosts that allow you a server to slap PHP scripts on without giving shell access. That is why PHP is popular. And setting up a secure shared environment is more work for the hosts than apt-get install php5.
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