A look at modern PHP
The amount of misinformation, false claims and unsupported statements in this thread is mindblowing for the quality that I'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 "PHP only exists today because of legacies being maintained". Can't provide stats on this, but neither can the people who make these statements. Might be just because I'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 "innovative". 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't seriously consider any other competitor for starting a new project. Unless, of course, that project is "for fun" and you want to experiment with new technologies.<p>[1] <a href="https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-was-the-backend-framework-with-the-most-contributors-in-2019" rel="nofollow">https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-was-the-backend-framework-w...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/pulse" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/php/php-src/pulse</a><p>[3] <a href="https://trends.builtwith.com/framework/Laravel" rel="nofollow">https://trends.builtwith.com/framework/Laravel</a>