Some ecosystems go extinct but others stabilize for long periods and might surge again under the right conditions. Python was around for decades before it becam

Some ecosystems go extinct but others stabilize for long periods and might surge again under the right conditions. Python was around for decades before it became a good fit for data science / machine learning and interest in the language exploded. Php seems to be in such a stable phase, fixing old issues, modernizing and powering real apps used everywhere. Wordpress is being mentioned, but don't forget that wikipedia / mediawiki is also php and what those folks are doing with wikidata is ground breaking. There are plenty of scenarios in which php could grow again, e.g widespread decentralization using nextcloud, wikidata or similar.