The conversation has shifted away from PHP to JavaScript and Python. Does PHP still matter?
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A Brief History of PHP
PHP was developed by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994. Lerdorf developed a bunch of scripts to track the visits to his online resume and named them “Personal Home Page Tools,” which then evolved into being called “PHP Tools.” He kept adding more tools to this suite and at some point pulled off a rewrite of the tools, including added functionality for database interactions and more — thus turning it into a more complete framework.
From that point on, the tools evolved into more complex primitives and kept gaining more users after it was open-sourced in 1995. A more detailed history of the language can be found on the official PHP website.
As of now, the latest version of the PHP language is 8.0.
What Is Wrong With PHP?
The language has had a target on its back for years now and people are rightfully calling out their issues with the language — especially with the older versions. The language has been developed with the intention of being a templating language rather than a full-blown programming language. Therefore, there are some downsides to it that make it especially…