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PHP, often mocked by developers, powers 70-80% of websites and has evolved significantly since 1995. Like JavaScript, it grew from humble web scripting origins to become a major programming language despite initial design flaws. Modern PHP includes advanced OOP features, functional programming constructs, strong typing, and comprehensive tooling. The new FrankenPHP runtime, built with Go, promises to modernize PHP's execution model while maintaining compatibility. Despite ongoing stigma from its early days, PHP remains the "Toyota Corolla" of programming languages - reliable, accessible, and widely supported through affordable hosting options.

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Symfony is French, API Platform is French, FrankenPHP is French.
French people are making great job in the PHP ecosystem

When PHP 8 came out, it was the Toyota Corolla of programming languages.
Today? It’s more like the Toyota Land Cruiser. Not just rugged and reliable, but actively wiping the floor (in real world use) with more ‘fancy’ modern languages year after year. Is it sexy? No. Fast? Not particularly. Does it get the job done every time with no issues despite desert temperatures, Ford-tipping hills and five feet of mud? Oh yes.

The only people mocking PHP are the ones that haven’t used it in the last 10-15 years.

Who mocks PHP? It’s the original SSR. other wannabes just called gave it a term SSR, when PHP has done it decades ago. Majority of the websites are built using PHP.

Been using PHP for 21 years, I enjoyed it then and I enjoy what its matured into.