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50 reasons why you might still consider PHP for building your websites (chat-to.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by amargo85@lemmings.world to c/programming_languages@programming.dev

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these are the conclusions I've reached. if you have anything against please leave it in the comments

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[–] ananas@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

Most of the "reasons" apply to pretty much any language.

I don't know. I read this more like "excuses why I still cling to this one dying thing I already know and not learn anything new" than an actual valid reasoning. There might be more valid reasons to stick to PHP than what is proposed, but I'd say if you use the ones in the post, you are most likely lying to yourself.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months ago

The same list could be used for just about any popular language. The article is pretty devoid of any actual arguments that separate PHP from languages that aren't abject pieces of shit, and is barely any better than blog spam

[–] sjpwarren@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

Bummer it would take 51 reasons why I would switch to something as messy as PHP. I was so close to switching.

[–] armchair_progamer@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

IMO the 1 and only important reason is that PHP today is much different than PHP of the past. PHP's notoriety comes from its early days, but now I hear it's another general-purpose language with modern design, good IDE support, and tons of online resources. Plus it's a explicitly designed for server-side scripting, so if that's your goal it will be the best (most straightforward and supported) choice.

https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/wt6wam/newbie_here_is_using_php_still_fine/

https://phptherightway.com/

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

I feel like a lot of these apply to many languages. I'm not saying don't use PHP, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it to someone just starting out in programming.