for system coding you have c, c++, rust, even java and go. for scripting you have bash and python these days, no need for php. for web frontend, js remains to

for system coding you have c, c++, rust, even java and go. for scripting you have bash and python these days, no need for php. for web frontend, js remains to be the king, the sole ruler. for web backend where PHP used to shine, you have python(django,flask,etc)) and js(nodejs,etc)), plus go and java, very crowded area. In short, PHP is only good at web backend, nothing more, but that place is getting really crowded these days, PHP no longer is the first choice. While recent PHP added nice features and performance boost, I feel it might be too late. Its high time has passed. I can learn Python do CLI/web-backend/AI/ML, I can learn JS for frontend/backend, I can learn C/C++/Rust for system programming, I use Java for enterprise,etc. I really do not need PHP anymore and there is only so much time left to master all the languages.