PHP's evolution over the years

I've got a pretty good example to illustrate how much PHP has changed over the past decade.

[NathanBudd]

Wow! I am using PHP every day, and I wasn't aware of all of this.
Great video!

[UCdtqL-sPVBtmcMuQzw]

He forgot to mention named arguments in PHP 8.0.
I really love that feature.

[HaraldEngels]

Having generally been part of the evolution (with my code base) I am still not fully up to date with all PHP 8.1 features. But what I like with PHP is that I was able to always upgrade my project with approx. 800 classes quite fast to a quite modern PHP version (with making a good use of the new features). Therefore I am glad that I had chosen PHP 15 years ago for web-development. PHP never let me down.

[camilocasadiego]

I love how I worked with PHP on 2001, the just got back 2 years ago, and its a totally different ecosystem, great to see great tools evolve!

[anthonypetruzzi]

That was actually really fun to watch. Excellent example of showing how the language has evolved.

[pinedae]

I have really avoided PHP all these decades but this video demonstrates the sophistication that is available now.

[tautvydaskarvelis]

I really enjoy your informative and easy-to-understand videos. Keep going, Brent!

[flashnfantasy]

After 12 years of PHP i left for python and js. Do not really regret it. PHP is fine, has matured. For big programs it still may be the best choice. It deserves more attention.
I still know most of the structures, most of the keywords. This video helped me to keep up.
I wish more of these videos, for people who are experienced programmers, but not exactly on this topic.
Videos, that explain by example, how to improve code from common knowledge to high level.

[neiliusflavius]

I've barely ever used PHP, and that was probably about 20 years ago, but a very clear and interesting video - quite radical change over time.

[BboyKeny]

After a long hiatus my professional life brought me back to PHP. I like that they've added type hinting. I do feel that DTOs are a roundabout way to make immutable structs but it's very nice that they've made them more concise.

Can't wait till generics are released, that would bring PHP to the standards of strong typed languages I think.

[paddev]

Short but clear and informative. Keep it up!

[AlexShawOnline]

I enjoy coding in PHP. It is a truly dynamic language. I too started using it at its early stage. I rarely use classes with PHP, which I plan to start doing. However, sometimes, I work with JSON with PHP. I think it is a nice language. Enjoyed this video!

[NickBPalomino]

Nice video, really clear and straightforward... Kudos!

[sadhakbj]

Long live PHP, we need more and more contents.

[DanelonNicolas]

Amazing, thank you so much for this video. I love php and this is an awesome showcase :D

[dibbyo]

I love PHP so much.. it’s far better than Python.

[tentaklaus]

Liked and subscribed - mainly commenting for the YT algo to help you get the visibility you deserve. The accent may take a bit of getting used to but always great to hear someone so succinctly summarise something technical. Keep up the good work 👍

[toblamabor]

Just perfect! Thanks a lot from France!!

[twentieth_r]

I've been programming in PHP since about 2002, and it's still unbelievable to me to this day the advances that have happened over the last 2 decades. PHP is by far and above the best of the best... it's why it's stood the test of time. It's why I'll always choose it over React or other JS frameworks to do data transactions of any type.

[panossavvaidis]

Most tutorials and community resources for PHP on the internet that makes PHP look so degraded. We need to see PHP in a fresh look for sure