If you think PHP is a horrible atrocity and will die in 5 years time, it implies that you probably haven't actually been keeping up-to-date with the platform. Ten years ago, PHP was indeed a horrible atrocity where most people barely knew what an object was, nobody had heard of unit testing and talking about the concept of "code quality" would have just got you blank stares. Today's PHP has ditched virtually all of the language quirks that gave it its reputation, and the current crop of PHP developers are writing well-tested, well-structured, good quality code. There are a number of very well polished frameworks available that can stand up just fine alongside those in the Node, Python and Ruby ecosystems. Not to mention PHP7.
Learn to update you PHP skills.

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If Ruby has Rails we have Laravel. Although I have started looking at Golang

Interesting. . .

php 7 still not powerful.

programmers here in nairaland love php die,that why they are not productive. upgrade ooooo. i wan build next Google or Microsoft, i go hire u but no bring php come.

osarenomaspecial:
programmers here in nairaland love php die,that why they are not productive. upgrade ooooo. i wan build next Google or Microsoft, i go hire u but no bring php come.

What have you done with your Almighty Programming Language?

osarenomaspecial:
programmers here in nairaland love php die,that why they are not productive. upgrade ooooo. i wan build next Google or Microsoft, i go hire u but no bring php come.

What language do you use..? I bet you are the one language type and is so hooked on it that every other stuff is shit.

And you think Google or Microsoft are successful because they use a certain language?

It's funny cos I was reading a reddit thread the other time and they talked about a recruiter who doesn't know PHP is object oriented
https://m.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/4oa1mk/php_sucks/?utm_source=mweb_redirect&compact=false

As long as wordpress is alive php can't die.
As long as android is alive java can't die.
As long as ins:tagram is alive python can't die.
As long as unity3d is alive C# can't die.
As long as unrealengine, linux and other high end software are alive C/C++ can't die.

osarenomaspecial:
php 7 still not powerful.

In what aspect pls?

codemaniacs:
As long as wordpress is alive php can't die.
As long as android is alive java can't die.
As long as ins:tagram is alive python can't die.
As long as unity3d is alive C# can't die.
As long as unrealengine, linux and other high end software are alive C/C++ can't die.

well, they can still die. Android is supposedly switching to swift from java. That doesn't mean java would die. But these companies can still shift the language they use.

zzzzy:
well, they can still die. Android is supposedly switching to swift from java. That doesn't mean java would die. But these companies can still shift the language they use.

Who told you android is switching when they haven't even decided.

codemaniacs:
As long as wordpress is alive php can't die.
As long as android is alive java can't die.
As long as ins:tagram is alive python can't die.
As long as unity3d is alive C# can't die.
As long as unrealengine, linux and other high end software are alive C/C++ can't die.

WordPress is one of the projects giving php a bad name... It should die ASAP :facepalm;

guru01:

Who told you android is switching when they haven't even decided.

At least they are deciding whether to.so my point still lies that they can switch.

codemaniacs:
As long as wordpress is alive php can't die.
As long as android is alive java can't die.
As long as ins:tagram is alive python can't die.
As long as unity3d is alive C# can't die.
As long as unrealengine, linux and other high end software are alive C/C++ can't die.

All the above is true!!

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codemaniacs:
As long as wordpress is alive php can't die.
As long as android is alive java can't die.
As long as ins:tagram is alive python can't die.
As long as unity3d is alive C# can't die.
As long as unrealengine, linux and other high end software are alive C/C++ can't die.

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Leyes from the pit of hell!!
As long as CSS is alive PHP and Python can never never dye

Jregz:

WordPress is one of the projects giving php a bad name... It should die ASAP :facepalm;

True talk, that the result automatic is rewriting their wp admin in js.

All these one na just story.
Php, java, whatever. Just use what ever you're comfortable with and gets the job done.
The reason for Google's success is not because it uses python or Java, Neither is facebook's success dependent on it's usage of PHP.

no, live and die with php

jidez007:
If Ruby has Rails we have Laravel. Although I have started looking at Golang

can i shock you? wordpress is moving to javascript

codemaniacs:
As long as wordpress is alive php can't die.
As long as android is alive java can't die.
As long as ins:tagram is alive python can't die.
As long as unity3d is alive C# can't die.
As long as unrealengine, linux and other high end software are alive C/C++ can't die.

Raypawer:
can i shock you? wordpress is moving to javascript

Oh yeah, we know that. But that does not change a thing. There are many big-shot websites running on PHP.

Wordpress is disgracing PHP to be quite honest.

Jregz:

What language do you use..? I bet you are the one language type and is so hooked on it that every other stuff is shit.

And you think Google or Microsoft are successful because they use a certain language?

It's funny cos I was reading a reddit thread the other time and they talked about a recruiter who doesn't know PHP is object oriented
https://m.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/4oa1mk/php_sucks/?utm_source=mweb_redirect&compact=false

hahaha exactly.

That same stuff of getting seriously hooked to a language or platform has happened to me too before

FrankLampard:


What have you done with your Almighty Programming Language?

Good question

how?

dhtml18:

Oh yeah, we know that. But that does not change a thing. There are many big-shot websites running on PHP.

Wordpress is disgracing PHP to be quite honest.

omoelu1:
All these one na just story.
Php, java, whatever. Just use what ever you're comfortable with and gets the job done.
The reason for Google's success is not because it uses python or Java, Neither is facebook's success dependent on it's usage of PHP.

We are not talking about using whatever tools here, everybody knows that using whatever tools that get the job done fast is best.

Raypawer:
can i shock you? wordpress is moving to javascript

You are a learner and a liar. Automatic is developing a new product on JavaScript called calypso.

FincoApps:


hahaha exactly.

That same stuff of getting seriously hooked to a language or platform has happened to me too before

What language were you hooked to?

guru01:

What language were you hooked to?

Lol not language...
More like mobile platform: BlackBerry.... but I'm recovering

FincoApps:


Lol not language...
More like mobile platform: BlackBerry.... but I'm recovering

Ok, I developed some mobile apps for bb 5/6/7 platforms. It was an amazing experience.

But Baba guru01 nawa for you sef. You don too tey for this programming section to still be championing this PHP matter. Most of the folks wey be your mates for this section have since moved on to other technologies. Time to move on Bro

^^^Yes o, i agree. he is the PHP troll in this section. Me, i don divert to NOSQL things