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Nobody needs to move on. PHP is here to stay and isn't gonna disappear anytime soon, it controls a large portion of the internet, if you don't like it, don't us

Nobody needs to move on. PHP is here to stay and isn't gonna disappear anytime soon, it controls a large portion of the internet, if you don't like it, don't use it. Nobody is forcing you to use it.

rbanffy 13y ago
Nobody needs to move on from COBOL. It's here to stay and isn't going to disappear anytime soon. It runs a large portion of all financial operations. If you don't like it, don't use it. Nobody is forcing you to.
- Killswitch 13y ago
  Good. I'm glad you're catching on. Next step is to learn that all languages have their strengths and weaknesses and your personal preference means nothing to anyone but you.
egeozcan 13y ago
Now, this is not really an argument but more of an emotional response, isn't it? What I see is that PHP is already losing popularity by every passing day. How many newbie developers are starting with PHP these days? Why would they? It's not as bad as people make it to be but there are just too many better alternatives, which are also easy to learn. I honestly don't get this kind of defense.
- Killswitch 13y ago
  > What I see is that PHP is already losing popularity by every passing day. And where are you observing this at? I hang out in PHP communities and I am seeing more and more new faces daily. Lots of new people starting with PHP because of it's easy use and the fact that the most popular open source projects to get your site off the ground are PHP based.
  - egeozcan 13y ago
    ...with just too-many-to-count alternatives. Those projects are also usually not for seasoned programmers. Who uses Drupal for anything serious these days, apart from maintaining it? What is the user-base for Wordpress? Take a look here: https://github.com/trending https://github.com/trending , How many are written in PHP? It just doesn't make sense to start something new with PHP unless your existing code-base is written in it.

Nobody needs to move on. PHP is here to stay and isn't gonna disappear anytime soon, it controls a large portion of the internet, if you don't like it, don't use it. Nobody is forcing you to use it.

rbanffy 13y ago

Nobody needs to move on from COBOL. It's here to stay and isn't going to disappear anytime soon. It runs a large portion of all financial operations. If you don't like it, don't use it. Nobody is forcing you to.

Killswitch 13y ago
Good. I'm glad you're catching on. Next step is to learn that all languages have their strengths and weaknesses and your personal preference means nothing to anyone but you.

egeozcan 13y ago

Now, this is not really an argument but more of an emotional response, isn't it? What I see is that PHP is already losing popularity by every passing day. How many newbie developers are starting with PHP these days? Why would they? It's not as bad as people make it to be but there are just too many better alternatives, which are also easy to learn. I honestly don't get this kind of defense.

Killswitch 13y ago
> What I see is that PHP is already losing popularity by every passing day. And where are you observing this at? I hang out in PHP communities and I am seeing more and more new faces daily. Lots of new people starting with PHP because of it's easy use and the fact that the most popular open source projects to get your site off the ground are PHP based.
- egeozcan 13y ago
  ...with just too-many-to-count alternatives. Those projects are also usually not for seasoned programmers. Who uses Drupal for anything serious these days, apart from maintaining it? What is the user-base for Wordpress? Take a look here: https://github.com/trending https://github.com/trending , How many are written in PHP? It just doesn't make sense to start something new with PHP unless your existing code-base is written in it.