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0 pointssmt885y ago0 comments

> after having to work with it at the time of PHP3 and 4

PHP 5 was released 16 years ago and was a massive evolution of the language. The same is true for PHP 5.2, 5.3, and 7. It's safe to say that your conclusions about the language are no longer accurate.

> Is there anything that PHP is developing or adopting that can not be had at other established languages?

No. I can't think of any reason to start a new project with PHP today. All of its best features are things that have been available in other languages for years. It's also not particularly popular outside of WordPress.

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wyck5y ago

WordPress accounts for approximately 60% of all websites, PHP accounts for approximately 79% (knows server side sites). So I would say it is particularity popular.

NationalPark5y ago

I'd like to know more about that 79% number. I would guess it's actually the case that PHP backends identify themselves as PHP far more than backends in other language x identify themselves.

pests5y ago

That doesn't make sense. If you test 100 sites and 79 come back as PHP you can't just claim that the 21 responses that came back blank somehow is a bigger number than 79.

KerryJones5y ago

Laravel is decently popular, has the most *s on github for a backend framework I believe (or it did at one point in time) and in a number of Fortune 100 companies.

May not be as popular as React/Flask backends, but it ain't nothing.

tambourine_man5y ago

Wikipedia? Facebook?

ragnese5y ago

They said today. Those sites were not started today. Furthermore, Facebook literally invented a new language because PHP wasn't good enough. PHP has since adopted some of the features of that language.

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