Let me also make clear that, when I talk about the best "web programming languages," I am not focused on markup and stylesheet languages, like HTML and CSS. They are essential to know if you do web ...

PHP is used by 76.5% of all the websites whose server-side programming language we know. Alternatives such as ASP.net, Ruby, Java, and JavaScript don’t even come close to this share of the market.

The venerable web programming language PHP is a source of frequent complaints and frustration, but according to a report W3Techs released today, it doesn't seem to be going away any time soon.