PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. PHP attempts to make it
easy for developers to write dynamically generated web pages. PHP also
offers built-in database integration for several commercial and
non-commercial database management systems, so writing a
database-enabled webpage with PHP is fairly simple. The most common
use of PHP coding is probably as a replacement for CGI scripts.
The php package contains the module (often referred to as mod_php)
which adds support for the PHP language to Apache HTTP Server.
Update Information:
10 Jul 2015, **PHP 5.6.11**
**Core:**
* Fixed bug #69768 (escapeshell*() doesn't cater to !). (cmb)
* Fixed bug #69703 (Use __builtin_clzl on PowerPC). (dja at axtens dot net, Kalle)
* Fixed bug #69732 (can induce segmentation fault with basic php code). (Dmitry)
* Fixed bug #69642 (Windows 10 reported as Windows 8). (Christian Wenz, Anatol Belski)
* Fixed bug #69551 (parse_ini_file() and parse_ini_string() segmentation fault). (Christoph M. Becker)
* Fixed bug #69781 (phpinfo() reports Professional Editions of Windows 7/8/8.1/10 as "Business"). (Christian Wenz)
* Fixed bug #69740 (finally in generator (yield) swallows exception in iteration). (Nikita)
* Fixed bug #69835 (phpinfo() does not report many Windows SKUs). (Christian Wenz)
* Fixed bug #69892 (Different arrays compare indentical due to integer key truncation). (Nikita)
* Fixed bug #69874 (Can't set empty additional_headers for mail()), regression from fix to bug #68776. (Yasuo)
**GD:** * Fixed bug #61221 (imag...
Read the Full Advisory* Sun Jul 12 2015 Remi Collet
[ 1 ] Bug #1245236 - CVE-2015-5589 php: segmentation fault in Phar::convertToData on invalid file
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245236
[ 2 ] Bug #1245242 - CVE-2015-5590 php: buffer overflow and stack smashing error in phar_fix_filepath
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245242
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update php' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .
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