I don’t know if it’s due to over-exposure to programming memes but I certainly believed that no one was starting new PHP projects in 2023 (or 2020, or 2018, or 2012…). I was under the impression we only still discussed it at all because WordPress is still around.

Would a PHP evangelist like to disabuse me of my notions and make an argument for using PHP for projects such as Kbin in this day and age?

  • farizer@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    I know it sounds childish but PHP is lame as hell same as java. Rust or go would have definitely been a cooler choice. I mean PHP gets the job done, but still…

        • ipkpjersi@lemmy.one
          2·
          1 year ago

          In a way though he’s right, picking a language because it is “cool” is the wrong reason to pick a language. You should be looking at other things like performance, scalability, security, functionality and see if those facets align with the requirements for your project.