Several new PHP releases fix a handful of bugs, including the BACKRONYM flaw in MySQL.

Might want to check your /etc/php.ini and make sure you have the "extension=mysql.so" uncommented (restart Apache if you make a change). Also might want to check over the [MySQL] section. And to ...

MySQL has issued a security update to address flaws in its client-server protocol that could allow a malicious attacker to exploit buffer overflow vulnerabilities and gain access to sensitive ...

If PHP's MySQL library supports it, you should be using bound variables. Gets rid of the SQL-injection worries.

The whole MySQL database creation script runs out of steam before it even starts. The main issue at hand in this scenario is an old dialect class that’s incompatible with the MySQL installation. A ...

Open the php.ini file in a text editor like TextPad (not in Notepad) and change the values for memory_limit. By default you should see memory_limit = 8M. Try changing it to 12M. If it doesn’t ...