Facebook has released a programming language called Hack, which marries the ease of PHP with the rigorous safety controls of older languages such as C++. PHP programmers should easily understand Hack, ...

On Sunday some malicious actors tried to install a back door into the PHP code library, a server-side programming language that powers 79% of sites on the internet, including Facebook and Wikipedia.

Details remain foggy about a recent security breach at the PHP PEAR website, a crucial, but lesser-known part of the PHP ecosystem. PEAR, which stands for "PHP Extension and Application Repository," ...

The San Francisco ride-hailing tech giant Uber said it fell victim to a hacker — or group of hackers — that they believe is linked to a notorious “cybergang” responsible for a slew of high-level hacks ...

Because PHP 7 broke so much compatibility with PHP 5, Facebook’s Hip Hop Virtual Machine team decided to switch to Hack instead Facebook’s Hip Hop Virtual Machine (HHVM), a speedy engine for PHP, will ...