OpenLampTech No. 198
Upcoming new PHP filter flag | Open source is one person | WordPress plugin SQLi flaw | Not building for imitators | Think about WordPress differently
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All commentary on the below curated content is mine unless otherwise directly quoted.
Very interesting and eye-opening read for anyone using open-source.
I had no idea that so many open-source projects are maintained by solo developers.
It makes me appreciate their hard work even more.
A new PHP filter flag to throw exceptions on validation failure
PHP 8.5 is projected for release in November 2025.
One of the more interesting and useful features covered in this article is the FILTER_THROW_ON_FAILURE filter flag.
When using this flag, a filter can throw an exception directly instead of returning NULL or FALSE.
Laravel inventor tells devs to quit writing 'cathedrals of complexity’
I have no direct experience with Laravel and have never used it to build a web application.
But what I can say from experience is that just because you can be crafty and complex with code, it doesn't mean you should.
Your 2-day/2-week/2-month self will thank you 😆.
[The A Register]
High-Risk SQLi Flaw Exposes WordPress Memberships Plugin Users
(Dated September 1st, 2025.)
SQL Injection (SQLi) is a serious, top security threat to SQL databases.
Based on my understanding of this case, user-provided data is directly inserted into the database without proper validation and handling.
Interesting Articles
WordPress and WooCommerce News and Updates
WooCommerce 10.2: Pre-release updates (Sept 1st, 2025)
Implementing Namespaces and Coding Standards in WordPress Plugin Development
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Josh Otwell