Re:PHP is worth learning and using
by Viliam1234 on Saturday November 20, 2021 @05:43PM
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I made my homepage in PHP, nothing important, but I spent some time doing it and I liked the result.
Then I didn't have enough time to maintain it, and I stopped paying attention to it for a while.
Later I checked my homepage again, the webhosting company updated the PHP version, nothing works anymore. It is not simple to fix, so I gave up.
I am not going to spend the same amount of effort on making my homepage in PHP again. Trust is easier lost than gained.
I would still be willing to code something in PHP for someone else, because hey, if it stops working in a year or two, it's their problem, not mine. But I would warn them that something like this is possible, and in my opinion likely to happen.
Then I didn't have enough time to maintain it, and I stopped paying attention to it for a while.
Later I checked my homepage again, the webhosting company updated the PHP version, nothing works anymore. It is not simple to fix, so I gave up.
I am not going to spend the same amount of effort on making my homepage in PHP again. Trust is easier lost than gained.
I would still be willing to code something in PHP for someone else, because hey, if it stops working in a year or two, it's their problem, not mine. But I would warn them that something like this is possible, and in my opinion likely to happen.