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PHP is proof how little the core web technologies change over the years, even though so many new technologies have come after it. Looking at this page I beleiv
by superasn 5y ago
PHP is proof how little the core web technologies change over the years, even though so many new technologies have come after it.
Looking at this page I beleive I can still make a pretty decent website backend using vanilla php (including authentication) and a nice front end using plain old html and javascript from so many years ago.
- taneq 5y agoPHP has changed quite a lot over the years, though. Not so much the core language (although it has) but the ecosystem has matured a lot.
- kijin 5y agoSame as most other parts of the web. 20-25 years ago, everyone used tables for layout and random snippets of JS were scattered everywhere. HTML today has a much more expressive vocabulary as well as a whole suite of well-established best practices. Meanwhile, JS has evolved from a bunch of cute onmouseover handlers to an entire ecosystem in its own right.
- noir_lord 5y agoThe language changed a hell of a lot between 3 and 5 and between 5 and 8. It has improved markedly and while it still has it's warts modern PHP8 code is very different. However the ecosystem has absolutely matured alongside it as well, Symfony and Laravel are excellent general purpose frameworks, composer is an excellent package manager etc. It's what I write for my day job and while it'll never be my favourite language, it's a pleasant enough productive language and it pays the bills.