Yep, PHP is turning 30 this year! Wondering if "PHP is still relevant?" Ever since we have been hearing that PHP is dead. It was “dead” 10 years ago, 5 years ago, and “is dead” today. But somehow - it isn’t. Anyway... happy birthday!

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[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 57 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Was not intended as programming language. The name literally stands for Hypertext PreProcessor. It was meant to be a script injector for HTML back when the internet was still fun.

Then it got out of hand and PHP didn’t evolve fast enough to be a web technology leader, but never ceded the position of old trusty workhorse, and still powers a significant part of websites.

[–] Decq@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

I somewhat know the history of PHP and how it came to be. And that it was just a personal project that suddenly got big. So I don't blame the creator. But that still doesn't make it a good language.

[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago

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[–] kernelle@0d.gs 6 points 2 weeks ago

OOP programming in PHP is pretty fun, keeping up with it's deprecations and vulnerabilities is not