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.

PHP, a programing language popular for web and backend development, was once one of the most popular languages. Still, it's showing signs of dropping down the rankings, according to software ...

The PHP project kicked off in 1995 and would eventually become a server-side scripting language and general-purpose programming language used by tech giants like Facebook, Yahoo, and Etsy.

The language is slightly behind Java in the PyPL Popularity of Programming Language index, and it ranks sixth in the rival Tiobe index. A high-performing upgrade, PHP 7, is due in 2015.

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To ease the pain of PHP programmers without making them abandon the language and years of software development, Facebook developed Hack, a new, PHP-derived language that’s largely compatible ...

Python remains a clear leader among programming languages for engineers, beating out Java, and JavaScript in IEEE Spectrum's 2021 language rankings. The publication IEEE Spectrum taps members from ...

PHP 5 boasts a new version of the Zend engine, object orientation, enhanced XML processing and Web services support.

He also explains why PHP is actually "the first" programming language to support a "modern" cryptography library in its core, despite Erlang and Go including similar libraries, which he claims are ...

PHP. PHP is a programming language that hasn't been among the most popular in recent years, but it's expected that it will make a comeback in 2023.