I don’t know if it’s due to over-exposure to programming memes but I certainly believed that no one was starting new PHP projects in 2023 (or 2020, or 2018, or 2012…). I was under the impression we only still discussed it at all because WordPress is still around.
Would a PHP evangelist like to disabuse me of my notions and make an argument for using PHP for projects such as Kbin in this day and age?
I don’t use PHP enough to comment about its type system, but at the very least it’s no longer a horrible language anymore. If for some reason you are forced to use PHP to greenfield a new project, at least you don’t have to worry too much about basic stuff anymore.
If there is one PHP feature I absolutely want, it’s the blazing fast JIT which put other interpreted languages to shame.