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[No PHPun Intended] A Brief History of Web Development (nophpunintended.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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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!

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[-] Decq@lemmy.world 100 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Let's be honest though. The early PHP versions were absolute dog shit. And the definition of how not to design a programming language. That said, that never stopped anyone in web development from using it apparently. No clue what modern PHP looks like, apparently it's better now.

[-] kingofras@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago

Was not intended as programming language. The name literally stands for Hypertext PreProcessor. It was meant to be a script injector for HTML back when the internet was still fun.

Then it got out of hand and PHP didn’t evolve fast enough to be a web technology leader, but never ceded the position of old trusty workhorse, and still powers a significant part of websites.