Two critical bugs in the PHP web programming language, used by the majority of the internet, threatened to upend the internet — and it's unlikely to be the last major software scare. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. Image Credits:Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP Security PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet Zack Whittaker 8:30 AM PDT · October 24, 2026 On Wednesday, a decades-old.