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46 pointsluu8d ago11 comments

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PHP remains one of the fastest ways of getting a web application done - especially with frameworks like Yii2, Laravel etc.

spiderfarmer6d ago

One of the best features of PHP is that you don't have to learn and unlearn new tech stacks every few years.

embedding-shape6d ago

Another great PHP feature is that PHP is the framework, you don't really need any heavy 3rd party frameworks on top of it. Getting familiar with a couple of libraries to cover what's missing is usually enough for everything web development.

freedomben6d ago

Agree you don't need a 3rd party framework on top of it, but Laravel has been a joy to use (though to be fair, I'm a big rails and phoenix fan, so I've been infected by prior art).

embedding-shape6d ago

Laravel is great for when you know you're gonna onboard/offboard a bunch of developers over months/years, and you want them to feel right at home as fast as possible.

For more long-term business, I'd always recommend go "chosen libraries put together well" over "framework everyone knows", as the developer churn will be lower, and having more control over your design and architecture tends to be more important (and applicable) when people stick around for longer.

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girvo6d ago

It’s been quite a few years since I last did PHP, but I wrote my own wedding invite management tool using Laravel and PHP 8.5

Herd is super neat, reminds me of XAMPP back in the day. FrankenPHP is everything I wanted out of a modern PHP web server.

And the language? Basically the same as I left it, with some nice things added. I kind of miss it :)

hliyan6d ago

tech stacks -> frameworks

m3kw96d ago

does that remain true when LLM's can generate almost any language?

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pkphilip6d ago

PHP remains one of the fastest ways of getting a web application done - especially with frameworks like Yii2, Laravel etc.

spiderfarmer6d ago

One of the best features of PHP is that you don't have to learn and unlearn new tech stacks every few years.

embedding-shape6d ago

freedomben6d ago

Agree you don't need a 3rd party framework on top of it, but Laravel has been a joy to use (though to be fair, I'm a big rails and phoenix fan, so I've been infected by prior art).

embedding-shape6d ago

Laravel is great for when you know you're gonna onboard/offboard a bunch of developers over months/years, and you want them to feel right at home as fast as possible.

2 more replies

girvo6d ago

It’s been quite a few years since I last did PHP, but I wrote my own wedding invite management tool using Laravel and PHP 8.5

Herd is super neat, reminds me of XAMPP back in the day. FrankenPHP is everything I wanted out of a modern PHP web server.

And the language? Basically the same as I left it, with some nice things added. I kind of miss it :)

hliyan6d ago

tech stacks -> frameworks

m3kw96d ago

does that remain true when LLM's can generate almost any language?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse