Nothing's wrong with the good old PHP. In fact, it reminds me of my 2012 comment[0]. The website[1] proclaiming PHP as "most likely to be a fad" is, of course,

Nothing's wrong with the good old PHP. In fact, it reminds me of my 2012 comment[0]. The website[1] proclaiming PHP as "most likely to be a fad" is, of course, long gone by now[2], while PHP thrives. -- the old comment -- Particularly ironic is PHP ranking high for ``This language is likely to be a passing fad''. Given its 17 years of history and recent the recent progress with versions 5.3 and newer... whoever voted on this position either wasn't aware of PHP's actual situation and outlook, or was just being thinking wishful. > Why does almost everyone know the language? If anything, it is that almost everyone can dabble in PHP and ^C^V some code. IMHO real knowledge of PHP and its ecosystem seem to be quite rare -- judging by reading some published code, which was as generic and un-PHP as possible, and by [many clueless] comments [posted on] the official docs. -- the old comment -- [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4929143 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4929143 [1] http://hammerprinciple.com:80/therighttool/items/php http://hammerprinciple.com:80/therighttool/items/php [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20170913184701/http://hammerprinciple.com:80/therighttool/items/php https://web.archive.org/web/20170913184701/http://hammerprin...