There is a drastic change in the growth of websites every single day. Most of them come under the criteria of CMS ( WordPress, Joomla, Magento, Drupal, etc). Online Shopping is yet another trend which makes people comfortable with purchasing altogether.
So, E-Commerce sites have great importance in this present world. Moreover, most of the E-Commerce sites are built with Magento 1.0 to Magento 1.9. But the problem is there comes an security issue which needs to be taken a high concern.
One more shocking news is that PHP has officially announced that it is stopping security updates for PHP 5.6 and 7.0 in December 2018.
In this article, we have stated how you need to secure your E-Commerce Website built with Magento and running on PHP frameworks.
So, when are the security updates ending for the versions 5.6 and 7.0?
Why the security updates got ended?
Every single version of PHP is supported only for two years. In these couple of years, all the bugs and security issues gets fixed. Once the two year period gets over, each domain of PHP is supported for another year only for critical security issues.
Once the support period gets over, the branch comes to End of Life which means it cannot be supported any more.
Since PHP 5.6 is the final phase for PHP 5 release, the support for this version has been increased for four months which has got over by December 31st, 2018.
What happens if you miss updating PHP 5.6 or 7.0 of your Magento website?
In simple words, it would make your website more vulnerable to the attackers. If in case, your website gets hacked, these things will happen subsequently:
I’m not aware of my website’s current PHP version! How can I find?
php -v
So, How should I secure my Magento 1.X Site?
There are a couple of ways to secure your site. The primary method is to upgrade your Magento 1.x site to the latest Magento 2 version. The next method is to upgrade to PHP 7.2 and apply the patch for Magento 1.x.
If you aren’t aware of the upgrading, we are here to assist you! Check out the following section!
How should I upgrade PHP from 5.6/7.0 to 7.2 and secure Magento 1.x?
Before starting the development of the site, you need to have a version control system like GIT which manages the record of changes you make with the code. Version control can also be used for favourably backing up your code.
To perform the back up for your Magento site, you need to follow the mentioned steps:
Never forget to ensure that the security of the website is a part of the SEO process:
Generally, security issues aren’t given importance in SEO processes. Connect your website to Google Search Engine Console and get notified about Security risks and issues to enhance your SEO performance of the site.
To Close
Security has become a major concern which needs to be noted. If you don’t give importance to your website, it may result in vulnerability leading to losing your business as well as customers.
Hope this tutorial would have helped!
If you have any queries, jot down your comments in the comments section below!!
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