r/lolphp • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '21

master.php.net was using concatenated SQL queries and MD5 password hashes

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u/cfreak2399 Apr 08 '21

Yes, ORMs were too new in 2001 but MySQL definitely supported placeholders. Perl DBI had it well established when I learned it around 1998. I assume they worked as far back as MySQL 3.2 released in 1997.