A look at modern PHP
The amount of misinformation, false claims and unsupported statements in this thread is mindblowing for the quality that I&#x27;ve been used to see on HN.<p>Here are some facts:<p>- Symfony was the backend framework with the most contributors in 2019 [1] (yes, out of any backend framework written in any language)<p>- PHP has more active contributors than it ever had [2]<p>- Laravel is one of the most used frameworks in the world [3]<p>Then I see statements like &quot;PHP only exists today because of legacies being maintained&quot;. Can&#x27;t provide stats on this, but neither can the people who make these statements. Might be just because I&#x27;m a PHP dev myself but I see a lot of new projects started with the above frameworks.<p>And last, people compare it to languages like Rust or Go since they consider those are &quot;innovative&quot;. I hope everyone understands that a language is fit for a certain type of task. PHP was created for website development, and in that area neither Go or Rust are even close to matching it in terms of maturity.<p>I may be biased but for me, choosing php for a new project is a no-brianer. The only other 2 stacks to which I can compare it are the Spring stack of Java or .NET core, and except for these two I wouldn&#x27;t seriously consider any other competitor for starting a new project. Unless, of course, that project is &quot;for fun&quot; and you want to experiment with new technologies.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;symfony.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;symfony-was-the-backend-framework-with-the-most-contributors-in-2019" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;symfony.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;symfony-was-the-backend-framework-w...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;php&#x2F;php-src&#x2F;pulse" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;php&#x2F;php-src&#x2F;pulse</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;trends.builtwith.com&#x2F;framework&#x2F;Laravel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;trends.builtwith.com&#x2F;framework&#x2F;Laravel</a>