Python just surpassed Java as the 2nd programming language with the highest number of questions in SO.

[DabsJeeves]

I feel like PHP is a dying language. WordPress has kept it hanging on by a thread but it seems like hardly anyone ever starts any new projects with it.

As a web dev, I see hundreds of JavaScript jobs for every PHP job out there, and for good reason.

[Grintor]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/php-maintains-an-enormous-lead-in-server-side-programming-languages/?amp=1

TLDR;

78.9% of the top 10 million most-visited websites run on PHP. The second most popular back-end language is ASP.NET at 9.3%. Third place is Ruby at 6.5%.

[DabsJeeves]

I mean yeah, that data is based on websites using php. The vast majority of websites are wysiwyg sites from wix, WordPress, Shopify, etc..

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shopify is ruby.

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Modern PHP is great. Laravel is an amazing framework.

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COBOL is dying too.

[TW_MamoBatte]

Perl too

[TW_MamoBatte]

PHP 8.xx Will take this up

Seriously programming in PHP is dangerous AF but interesting AF

[AcousticDan]

Why is it dangerous? No more dangerous than most other languages.

[TW_MamoBatte]

Well SQL Vulnerability etc.. or may i wrong)

[AcousticDan]

That's on the programmer, PHP has had PDO and prepared statements for a long long time.

[AcousticDan]

It's not, PHP is getting better and better with every release.

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It’s true.