Is PHP Dying in 2024?

PHP usage stats have crashed in the last 2 years, going down from 30% usage to 18%. Is this the last days of PHP?

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[Nova-TechnoLAB]

Uncle Stef, the YouTube dad to all aspiring devs and business people. The last remaining voice of reason honestly. God bless

[pabloortiz]

Year 2018. Is PHP dying? NO
Year 2019. Is PHP dying? NO
Year 2020. Is PHP dying? NO
Year 2021. Is PHP dying? NO
Year 2022. Is PHP dying? NO
Year 2023. Is PHP dying? NO
Year 2024. Is PHP dying? NOOOO!
Year 2025. Is PHP dying? 🥱

[na]

In Germany, PHP is also still pretty good for entry level jobs. Symfony seems very popular here, so probably a good thing to learn. Also I've seen a suspicious amount of job ads that ask for TYPO3 knowledge, which according to some friends is the CMS of choice for masochists.

[hoelflores]

Php was my second programming language after javascript. i think php is the best language for backend web develoment because it is similar to javascript. and has inbuilt features that make backend development easy and straightforward.

[neugey]

Modern PHP performs much better with FastCGI and PHP-FPM. And Laravel allows you to build well-organized and scalable web apps. These contributions have given the language staying power.

[Meleeman]

I'm glad I love php and not typescript

[RebelGangTv-geif]

Hey uncle steff ! I just wanted you to know the course I bought from you a few months ago helped me a lot. I'm learning php now & I love it.

[bfwarner]

Once a language reaches critical mass, it stays around because of its large code base. PHP will be with us for a long time.

[_pheax]

thx for your comments Stef. good luck!

[Colors.TF]

HTML5, CSS3, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, and Ajax 🎉 Powerhouse

[mattish]

I don't know why so many folks are using Javascript as a backend when PHP was built from the ground up for that very purpose and is miles ahead of Javascript in that regard, still to this day.

[AGUNGKAYA]

I love php. My first love when building a website

[agoia]

Every year in the last 20 years I heard that PHP is dying! :)) I had enough!

[Gman-hd]

I don't like JavaScript. If I can Thanos it away, I would.

As for PHP, it's a decent language. One of my issues with PHP is the syntax - it's a scary-looking mess. I'd get rid of the $ sign for variables... it makes my eyes bleed.

I would get rid for of the array syntax... array['index'] is ridiculous... 4 extra characters to access an index! The syntax for array('index' => 'value') also needs to go. Maybe replace it with array.index = value

Same goes for objects.... I don't like (new Class)->method() ... which I believe version 8.4 will address this.

If PHP makes arrays and objects first class citizens, and removes the $ for variables, it will go a long way.

On the other hand, it's a very flexible language with tons of libraries.

[nickfleming]

PHP 8 is not just a "marginal" improvement over 7. Its speed improved significantly

[kvelez]

2:32
You should do more C# and .NET videos.
Especially now that new .NETs are coming.

[andreisaioc]

Also there are languages as COBOL or Haskell that are very old, but still used in many applications that are key to industry.

[EricLaermans]

PHP isn't going down, some like RUST skyrocket. But these figures are deceptive as these also drop in popularity as fast as they rose in popularity. PHP is great!

[kwyaza]

😂 PHP has been dying since forever, yet Laravel seems to be making a comeback. People are burned out with Next.js and the rest of the JS ecosystem.

[wimeatsworld]

Excellently based video, as usual.
Just got 2 questions that are relevant to me as I should get settled by September.
A) What do you mean with PHP design patterns?

b) Does your course dive into getting (remote) work? I'm saving up in Europe and would love a job in North America that I can (eventually) fulfill from Latin America. Seeing how employers here are bitching about "experience", even for what they call a "starter job", I'm somewhat losing faith tbh.
I don't mind investing blood, sweat and tears. I just want to have a good chance at the other side of it.