.php files

AI Code Security Scanner for PHP

PHP powers over 75% of websites and is frequently targeted by AI code generation for Laravel, WordPress, and API development. AI assistants commonly generate PHP code with SQL queries built via string concatenation instead of PDO prepared statements, use md5() for password hashing instead of password_hash(), and embed database credentials directly in configuration files. PHP's OpenSSL extension defaults to RSA, making quantum migration a critical concern for PHP applications.

Top vulnerabilities AI tools generate in PHP code

1

SQL injection via concatenation

Frequently generated by AI assistants writing PHP code

2

eval/exec injection

Frequently generated by AI assistants writing PHP code

3

hardcoded database passwords

Frequently generated by AI assistants writing PHP code

4

md5() for passwords

Frequently generated by AI assistants writing PHP code

5

weak session handling

Frequently generated by AI assistants writing PHP code

What CodeShield detects in PHP files

CodeShield performs deep static analysis on .php files to detect OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, exposed secrets, quantum-vulnerable cryptography, and insecure coding patterns specific to the PHP ecosystem.

String concatenation in mysql_query and mysqli_query

PDO queries without prepared statements

eval(), exec(), system(), passthru() with user input

Hardcoded database passwords in config files

md5() and sha1() used for password hashing

openssl_pkey_new with RSA type (quantum-vulnerable)

openssl_sign with ECDSA (quantum-vulnerable)

file_get_contents() with user-controlled URLs (SSRF)

Insecure session.cookie_httponly configuration

unserialize() on untrusted data

AI tools that generate PHP code

The following AI coding assistants actively generate PHP code and are known to introduce the vulnerability patterns listed above:

CopilotCursor

These tools produce correct code in most cases, but studies show that up to 45% of AI-generated code contains at least one security vulnerability. CodeShield catches what code review misses.

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