# The last 24 hours in PHP land, as observed by a monitoring service

DevFeed: [The last 24 hours in PHP land, as observed by a monitoring service](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-last-24-hours-in-php-land-as-observed-by-a-monitoring-service-98819.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://freek.dev/3207-the-last-24-hours-in-php-land-as-observed-by-a-monitoring-service>)

Author: Freek Van der Herten (freek@spatie.be)

Published: 2026-10-24T12:30:36Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Freek](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/freek-dev-all-blogposts.md>)

Topics: [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>)

Tags: [alerts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alerts.md>), [critical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/critical.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [ohdear](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ohdear.md>), [outages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outages.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [php-vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php-vulnerabilities.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

Oh Dear reports that site outages peaked at 18.8% during the recent critical PHP vulnerabilities, while down alerts rose to 25 times their normal level. The excerpt presents a monitoring service's snapshot of the ecosystem's response but provides no further detail on timing, causes, or measurement methods.

## Source excerpt

Oh Dear shares hard numbers on how the recent critical PHP vulnerabilities rippled through the ecosystem, with site outages peaking at 18.8 percent and down alerts rising to 25 times the normal level. It is a useful, data-backed snapshot of a chaotic day in PHP land from a monitoring service's point of view. Read more