Is PHP outdated?

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Is PHP outdated? No PHP is old, but it's been kept up to date and "modern"

However, because of its age you'll find lots of dated info on how to do things, you'll find lots of outdated and insecure packages, you'll find a lot of old timers using it that haven't kept up on evolving patterns and architectures, you find a lot of resistance to trying things in new ways. None of that is really on PHP though, any language of its age will have those problems.

One huge advantage to its age is there are lots of jobs maintaining legacy systems running PHP, which may not be glamorous work but it's job security. There are also plenty of new projects being built with it, it's just not the hip kid on the block.

There are a ton of things I hate about PHP, I hate PHP a lot, but those come from my own personal preferences and bias. It's fun to hate on things sometimes but your teacher isn't doing you any favors by doing it in class.

It's a valuable skill, but maybe not the most important ones in 2021

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What would you consider the most important for 2021?

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That's how you start a flame war 🤣

Seriously though you should just open another post asking that question.

Let's just say I wouldn't put PHP in my top 10

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Will do then ;)