is php dying
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What happens is that PHP gathered so much popularity, that people that prefer other languages often engage in argument wars against PHP just because PHP popularity compromises the chances of their preferred getting more popular. So in the minds of the fans of those other languages, they are in a war against PHP.TRANSCRIPT
Is PHP Dying? Started in the year 1995, PHP is one of the popular serverside scripting languages designed for web development. Today, a big segment of the “server side website development industry” is dominated by PHP. Besides, many popular sites like Wikipedia and Facebook as well as CMSs like Wordpress, Magento, Drupal, and Joomla are built on PHP. Now these days, a question “is PHP dying or not” has become a moot point among web developers. Many people think that due to the arrival of newer programming languages like ruby, mean stack, python, lua, etc. PHP’s popularity is diminishing slowly. In this article, we will discuss whether or not PHP language is dying with the help of statistics because stats don’t tell lie!!! PHP Usage Statistics till January 2016 A significant percentage of sites are already built and still building on php. Let’s have a look at serverside language surveys given by w3techs:
Most popular serverside programming languages:
Here you can see that PHP is used by 81.7% of all the websites whose serverside programming language is known.
Fastest growing serverside programming languages since 1 December 2015:
Here are statistics of percentage of websites using different CMS:
You can read this stats as: 56.5% of the websites use none of the CMSs that are monitored. WordPress is used by 25.6% of all the websites, that is a content management system market share of 58.8%. Do you know tools that enhance popularity of PHP? Here are 10 Open Source Tools which make PHP popular
Historical trend Following report shows the historical trends in the usage of serverside languages since January 2015:
According to the above mentioned stats, it is clear that:
PHP is the most used and popular serverside scripting language and its usage is increasing every day.
PHP is used by many websites but with lower traffic than other serverside languages. Perl, Python, Ruby, Javascript, and ColdFusion are used by a few sites but with high
traffic. PHP based Content Management Systems usage is increasing.
So, what is reason behind continuous popularity of PHP? There are many reasons behind it:
Simple to update It is quite simple to update a PHP website and updates are prompt too. As PHP is a server side scripting language, its updates will be done from the server side, and not from the client side; therefore, it is safer. Besides, its updates will not be influenced by any browser setting.
Php libraries You will find php libraries in abundance to cope with the functionality of
blogging pages, shopping carts, and CMSs. These libraries are keeping php alive and kicking. They help to make objectoriented programming effortless by offering a standard library of interfaces to the web developers. The most popular libraries of php are Zend, CodeIgniter, Symfony, etc. With the help of these libraries, you can easily perform following tasks:
Handling error and debug php codes. Offering simple and userfriendly API. Quick and hassle free integration. Support for multiple caching methods.
Ample documentation A programming language, containing comprehensive documentation support, will certainly be every developer’s choice. There are numerous PHP documentations accessible online together with document generators. Popular content management platforms for instance Wordpress take advantage of customized documentation schema. Normally the documented elements are:
Classes and their properties. Requires and includes. File headers.
Hooks (actions and filters). Functions and class methods. Inline comments.
PHP Experts Availability PHP professionals are too many in number and they provide maintenance or support related help. This specific facet of php enables users and site admins to get assistance swiftly every time they encounter any technical snag.
Conclusion: It’s just a rumour that PHP is dying. PHP is quite popular and widely used programming language and it’ll not fade easily. Although there are many competitors of PHP, this language is highly demanded and popular in developing web applications. If you also want to create a feature rich web application using php, you can contact PixelCrayons: A leading web designing and development company in India.