I'll second the advice to learn Laravel! PHP has gotten a lot better over time. For someone who hasn't used it since version 5 or earlier, writing modern PHP w

I'll second the advice to learn Laravel! PHP has gotten a lot better over time. For someone who hasn't used it since version 5 or earlier, writing modern PHP with a modern framework like Laravel will probably feel like whole new language. Speed has improved substantially, especially throughout the 7.x releases, and the type system has improved a lot as well. Laravel itself is a great framework with amazing documentation, and it should be very easy to get started. The one thing I'd warn anyone who's written "old PHP" about is falling into old habits. It's easy to write the same old spaghetti code and jam everything into the controller, but your code will be much more readable if you do some practice projects and intentionally expose yourself to the modern way of doing things. If you've been using other languages in the meantime, this may be an easier transition for you.