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BenPleysier
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BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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January 19, 2023
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Is Dreamweaver a security risk?

  • January 19, 2023
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      osgood_
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      January 19, 2023
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      Is Dreamweaver a security risk?


      By @BenPleysier

       

      I've still got quite a few websites running on php 5.4. Mostly because its problematical to approach the subject with low grade/paying clients. I know for sure that the majority would not run on php v7 or v8 and therefore would require some code updates and testing. Explaining this to my clients would be difficult as l know they don't want to spend additional costs. Are their websites a security risk, maybe, they haven't been to date which makes it even more problematical to address.

       

      I think serious clients who allocate a budget to maintain their website should update to new versions. Unfortunately l cant count my clients in that bracket, it is what it is.

       

      Considering 53% of php websites use v7 and 17% still use v5 there's a lot of potentially at risk websites.

       

      BenPleysier
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      BenPleysierCommunity ExpertAuthor
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      January 19, 2023

      My host removed PHP 5 many moons ago making the websites unusable. The clients had to upgrade, either by me or they went elsewhere. Some even decided to turn to Wix???? and do it themselves.

       

      What a world, when even the most (past) revered IDE doesn't keep up.

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      osgood_
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      January 19, 2023
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      My host removed PHP 5 many moons ago making the websites unusable. The clients had to upgrade, either by me or they went elsewhere. Some even decided to turn to Wix???? and do it themselves.

       

      What a world, when even the most (past) revered IDE doesn't keep up.


      By @BenPleysier

       

      Yes, that is another possibility, the host just upgrades and the website stops working. I think quite a few large hosting companies do this for good reason 'to keep their house in order'. I use smaller hosting companies who generally don't 'force' you to do anything but then you pay the price of not being current.

       

      I had a client who went to Wix to produce a DIY build and what a poor job they did,  obviously not thinking of their users. 

       

      It's getting harder as a freelance to  find quality clients with a sensible budget so quite happy that lve come to the end of my usefulness. If l was starting out now l would most certainly try and get aboard a better web development company who would target bigger fish and have the resources to manage them.

       

      In regards to IDEs not keeping up it's a question of transparency, either support the product or dont continue to flog a dead horse.

       

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