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Is PHP outdated 2020?
By the end of this article, you’ll finally have an answer to the question: Is PHP a dead language in 2020? Short answer: absolutely not.
Does anyone use PHP anymore?
According to W3Techs’ data, PHP is used by 78.9\% of all websites with a known server-side programming language. So almost 8 out of every 10 websites that you visit on the Internet are using PHP in some way. But when the number is still over 75\%, it’s tough to use that decline to pronounce PHP as dead.
Why do people hate PHP?
Developers hate PHP because it’s a technically inconsistent language with a bad design. When you compare it to other languages the contrast is obvious. It’s very easy to make bad and insecure code with PHP. But PHP is not a security hole or doomed to ugly code if you code properly.
When will Microsoft stop supporting PHP on Windows?
Microsoft will stop contributing Windows builds of the popular PHP scripting language 8.0 and beyond. Program Manager Dale Hirt made the announcement last week, saying that support for PHP 7.2 will end in November and PHP 7.3 will go into security fix mode only that same month.
How long does PHP support last?
Supported Versions Each release branch of PHP is fully supported for two years from its initial stable release. During this period, bugs and security issues that have been reported are fixed and are released in regular point releases.
Can I make a small web server with PHP files?
So I decided to code my own simple small web server that can work with PHP files. What is a web server? Web server is a server application that accepts HTTP requests from the clients, usually from web browsers, and responds to them and sends to the clients HTML page or other content.
What happens when a PHP script is run on a server?
If a PHP file is given on the command line when the web server is started it is treated as a “router” script. The script is run at the start of each HTTP request. If this script returns false, then the requested resource is returned as-is. Otherwise the script’s output is returned to the browser.