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You don't seem to know anything about the "web people" you're criticizing here. PHP skills learned two decades ago are still very relevant today. It's the Java
by 5e92cb50239222b 5y ago
You don't seem to know anything about the "web people" you're criticizing here. PHP skills learned two decades ago are still very relevant today. It's the Java of the web world.
- roenxi 5y agoWhat criticism?
- JasonFruit 5y agoThat's an excellent point: you described a difference, which is in fact real. Any perceived criticism is just that: a perception.
- bonzini 5y agoHmm no, not at all. My first job in 2002-2004 was using PHP4. I barely used classes (and if I did they were just my code, not from the library because I didn't need anything from PEAR) and used the original MySQL client API. Almost nothing of what I used back then would be useful today. PHP4 vs PHP8 is almost more different than Python 2 to Python 3.
- formerly_proven 5y agoI've initially learned PHP4 when PHP3 was still used. Later I learned PHP 5 which iirc was the first version which had classes. I also learned Drupal 6 and then 7. Modern PHP code looks nothing like PHP code back then. Of course, the core syntax is mostly the same, but if you look at a framework like D6 or D7 no one would do anything even remotely like this today. PHP security has completely changed since then as well.
- lexapro 5y agoI don't understand the downvotes at all. Yes, PHP 8 is different from, let's say PHP 5, but that doesn't mean knowing PHP 5 doesn't help with writing good PHP 8. Same with Python 2 vs 3.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoI thought that Java was the Java of the web world.
- stormbrew 5y agoJava is the Java of the Java world.