Wikipedia
Wikipedia (the Wikimedia Foundation) had parts of its online encyclopedia temporarily taken offline as a precaution during a security patch for critical PHP vulnerabilities discovered by AI. The foundation addressed the issue by disabling affected systems until the vulnerability could be safely fixed. Wikipedia’s website is built on the PHP programming language Wikimedia uses the PHP programming language for its services PHP platform powers Wikipedia Wikipedia must credit information under its Creative Commons license.· Entity summary generated by Graphiti
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BY VALID-FROM DATE- WikipediaMUST CREDITCreative Commons
Wikipedia must credit information under its Creative Commons license.
- PHPPOWEREDWikipedia
PHP platform powers Wikipedia
- WikipediaBUILDS ONPHP
Wikipedia’s website is built on the PHP programming language
- WikipediaUSESPHP
Wikimedia uses the PHP programming language for its services
Relations are facts Graphiti extracted from reports, not verbatim quotes. An end date means later reporting showed the relation no longer holds.
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- Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open webThe Verge · AI · 2026-10-30
- PHP: The three little letters wreaking havoc across the webThe Verge · AI · 2026-10-22
- AI discovered a massive cyber-security flaw - here's what happenedBBC World · 2026-10-22
- What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber-security scramble?BBC World · 2026-10-22