Days of PHP scripts are over

Abhi

I came across this kind of arguements on a forum. Many developers believe that the days of PHP based software is over. And developers should try more robust solutions. When I looks around, I see a lot of PHP based software, WordPress for example.

admin

That is what they say about WordPress and Bootstrap. But there are many people wouldn't let it die. Either passion or their own business interest.

Abhi

Ha ah. True. They kill every language by taking turns. I have seen people saying Java is done. It could be that some people do not like the success of certain projects. Or it could be jealousy or hatred toward people who became successful learning a particular platform.

phenomlab

PHP development is anything but "over". For as long as platforms such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Flarum etc continue to use it, the language will only improve. Version 8 is scheduled for release soon.

Let's not forget that PHP is primarily a backend language designed to talk to the server on behalf of the client app which can be running JS etc. Ajax calls are used to push and pull data requests, and it's still an extremely powerful codebase that will only get faster with the release of 8.

Abhi

Hello @phenomlab 🏆

I hear the same about Java too. Is it the same as PHP's case you mentioned ? A lot of people I know ( students ) still invest time in learning PHP for web and Java for mobile apps.

phenomlab

Abhi Not so sure on the Java front. I think trust has significantly waned for this product owing to it's severe vulnerabilities - some of which are still unpatched.