{
  "id": 16130511,
  "title": "What is PHP, and how did a flaw in its code lead several websites to go dark this week?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/what-is-php-and-how-did-a-flaw-in-its-code-lead-several-websites-to",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-23T00:29:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Business",
    "slug": "cbc-business",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/php-cybersecurity-vulnerability-explainer-9.7392394"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PHP is an open-source computer language that powers an estimated 70 per cent of the internet. While websites being taken offline caused alarm, that was done to implement a fix — which cybersecurity experts say show the system for remedying such issues is working.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}