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Critical PHP security update coming

The PHP security team has let it be known that there is a high-stakes security update coming at 14:00 UTC on October 21. " All PHP users are encouraged to prepare now so they can upgrade as soon as the release is available ". Anybody running a PHP site probably needs to be prepared for this one.

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