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Why is PHP not dying? [7 Reasons Why PHP is a Preferred Choice for Millions of Businesses]

Himadri Patel on October 05, 2022

Over the past two decades, PHP has established itself as a powerful server-side scripting language and it has become the favorite choice for develo...
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Leonardo Silva

Think that PHP was dying is the biggest mistake ever. While people bullshit these words on web, PHP was growing and getting better, faster then ever.

I think most of the people that said PHP was dying stop using it on version 4/4.1.

Nowdays that we can use Laravel + React I think that PHP will last longer for the saddness of somes.

Old story, there is no better language but there is the appropriate language for the project.

I would never work with PHP to process data because I know python is better and faster or for generating reports from a large database.

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Pietro Iglio

IMO, one of the main reasons PHP is less appealing than other languages is its weak marketing strategy. The php.net website has an old-fashioned look. Also, it is not even linking the excellent frameworks (Laravel, Symfony) available for PHP.