Is there any way an attacker can access the server and modify the site (php) code?

I recently had a breach on my site (laravel), i got aware of it after i tried to pull the code from github and found out that some files were modified.
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How do I protect a Laravel backend API from hijacking/CSRF when there is a React frontend?

I’m finding it really hard to find a solution to make secure requests via our API without a potential hacker being able to see sensitive secret information via Google Chrome dev tools (or any browser’s dev tools), as React tends to show ev… Continue reading How do I protect a Laravel backend API from hijacking/CSRF when there is a React frontend?

Does PHP Have A Future, Or Are Twenty Five Years Enough?

In June, 1995, Rasmus Lerdorf made an announcement on a Usenet group. You can still read it.

Announcing the Personal Home Page Tools (PHP Tools) version 1.0.

These tools are a set of small tight cgi binaries written in C.

Today, twenty five years on, PHP is about as ubiquitous …read more

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