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Yep, PHP is turning 30 this year! Wondering if “PHP is still relevant?” Ever since we have been hearing that PHP is dead. It was “dead” 10 years ago, 5 years ago, and “is dead” today. But somehow - it isn’t. Anyway… happy birthday!

  • ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
    8·
    3 days ago

    Laravel brought life back to PHP for me. It’s elegant. I feels like speaking.

    And PHP 8 is light-years away from the garbage I grew up on.

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
      86·
      3 days ago

      I took a look and threw up in my mouth a little. That’s not how backslashes should be used.

      Instead of writing their frontend templates in PHP via Blade, many developers have begun to prefer to write their templates using React or Vue.

      So… the only thing that PHP is really good for should be replaced by React or Vue Javascript / Typescript?

      To each their own, but for me that’s a no.

        • merc@sh.itjust.works
          55·
          2 days ago

          I just looked, that was the basis of my comment. It’s bad, in particular that “Laravel” thing was awful.