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PHP: fix ambiguous wording in eval() paragraph
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Update wordpress-coding-standards/php.md
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Expand Up @@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ switch ( $foo ) {

The `goto` statement must never be used.

The `eval()` construct is _very dangerous_ and is impossible to secure. Additionally, the `create_function()` function, which internally performs an `eval()`, is deprecated since PHP 7.2 and has been removed in PHP 8.0. Neither of these must be used.
The `eval()` construct is _very dangerous_ and is impossible to secure. Additionally, the `create_function()` function, which internally performs an `eval()`, is deprecated since PHP 7.2 and has been removed in PHP 8.0. These must not be used.
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### Closures (Anonymous Functions)

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