Re:Whats New in PHP 8.2
by chippiewill on Monday April 25, 2022 @01:29PM
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I don't think it's exactly synonymous with market share.
The numbers are a bit distorted due to a few "killer apps" like Wordpress. I think if you looked at it in terms of number of developers using a language then it will have fallen quite precipitously.
Dying is an exaggeration anyway, I think PHP is just no longer in it's glory days of the 00s.
I'm personally hopeful that PHP might have a renaissance. The language developers have done a really good job of modernising it and removing the really nasty stuff over the last ~7 years, I think it's just the standard library that's left as a significant eyesore. Unfortunately Nikita's stepped down from PHP development recently and he was a real powerhouse so it remains to be seen if it can maintain its trajectory.
The numbers are a bit distorted due to a few "killer apps" like Wordpress. I think if you looked at it in terms of number of developers using a language then it will have fallen quite precipitously.
Dying is an exaggeration anyway, I think PHP is just no longer in it's glory days of the 00s.
I'm personally hopeful that PHP might have a renaissance. The language developers have done a really good job of modernising it and removing the really nasty stuff over the last ~7 years, I think it's just the standard library that's left as a significant eyesore. Unfortunately Nikita's stepped down from PHP development recently and he was a real powerhouse so it remains to be seen if it can maintain its trajectory.