There is no eternal ruler, and it is no different in the world of programming, but PHP might have a long way ahead of it, or maybe it is time for it to make way to other alternatives.
On forums dedicated to Web Development such as the ones on Stack Overflow, a kind of social media website for developers, there is talk about PHP slowly dying. According to data from 2019, approximately 75% of all webpages were powered by PHP that year, making it the most used server-side programming language.Įven with PHP’s popularity and history of success, there are other languages that are slowly closing on it. One of the reasons for PHP’s popularity is its simplicity. It is especially suited to Web Development, mainly in powering dynamic websites, or websites that are constantly changing according to changes made by the user, like creating an account, reading and posting comments, logging in, etc. PHP is a scripting language, meaning that on it there are lines of instructions written that will run one by one. That language is no other than PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Technological developments happen so often, especially in the realm of Information Technology, that when we hear of a programming language that is still relevant after more than 26 years we remain stunned. There is always a new product, a new feature, a new tool. We are currently living in a technological revolution, with new devices and inventions presented year after year.
Let’s take a closer look at PHP and try to predict its future. What is the future of PHP? Is it a dead programming language?
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