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I don't even understand why they included PHP in macOS to begin with. Perl? Python? I can understand, they are used by millions of projects and tools. But PHP?

I don't even understand why they included PHP in macOS to begin with. Perl? Python? I can understand, they are used by millions of projects and tools. But PHP? I've never seen a single CLI tool written in PHP, except the Phoronix Test Suite.

TazeTSchnitzel 5y ago
Well, don't forget macOS also used to include Apache.
- my123 5y ago
  It still does. % httpd -v Server version: Apache/2.4.46 (Unix) Server built: May 22 2021 02:05:58 on macOS 12 beta.
mekster 5y ago
On MacOS (when it was still capitalized), "I can program for the web from day 1 on Mac, cool!" probably made sense 20 years ago. I mean, it was far better than on Windows where you need to install some bundled package from a third party to just get hello-world running.
mtnGoat 5y ago
i use PHP CLI tools all the time, they exist. composer as an example.
- qalmakka 5y ago
  Composer is a dependency manager for PHP, so it doesn't really count.
  - mtnGoat 5y ago
    Sure, if you want to pick and choose what to count. Regardless, there are many, saying there are not just shows you aren’t a php dev.