The State of PHP 2014 James Titcumb Portsmouth Linux User Group 21st June 2014
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The State of PHP 2014James Titcumb
Portsmouth Linux User Group21st June 2014
James Titcumbwww.jamestitcumb.comwww.protected.co.ukwww.phphants.co.uk@asgrim
Who is this guy?
Who are you?
A brief history...
1994-1995 - PHP/FI 1.0
● Basic functionality● Solved a problem● Simpler than Perl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rasmus_Lerdorf_cropped.jpg
1997 - PHP 3
● Rewrote parser● Zend Technologies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zeev_Suraski_2005_cropped.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Andi_Gutmans_1.jpg
2000 - PHP 4
● Zend Engine 1.0● Big improvements● Very basic “OO”
2004 - PHP 5
● Zend Engine 2.0● Better OO● PDO● Performance increase● Adoption slow…
So… what is PHP?
What is PHP?
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<?php
echo "Hello world";
From “Hello World”...
<?php
echo "Hello, " . $_GET['name'];
From “Hello World”...
… to Facebook
https://twitter.com/feross/status/459259593630433280
PHP powers
82%of the web
Source: http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/programming_language/all
Who uses PHP...
The Hate
● http://phpsadness.com/● http://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/● http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-php-singularity/● http://webonastick.com/php.html● http://aurelio.audero.it/blog/2014/02/05/why-people-think-php-sucks/● https://maurus.net/resources/programming-languages/php/● http://www.bitstorm.org/edwin/en/php/● https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/why-php-sucks● http://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/.../why_do_so_many_developers_hate_php/● http://www.quora.com/.../Is-PHP-a-badly-designed-programming-language● etc.
Some People Don’t Like PHP
Some reasons...
Some reasons...
● Was not “designed”
Some reasons...
● Was not “designed”● Many inconsistencies
○ in_array($needle, $haystack)○ strstr($haystack, $needle)○ htmlentities() … html_entity_decode()
Some reasons...
● Was not “designed”● Many inconsistencies● Loosely typed
○ int foo = 0;○ $foo = 0;
Some reasons...
● Was not “designed”● Many inconsistencies● Loosely typed● Seen as “amateur”
Some reasons...
● Was not “designed”● Many inconsistencies● Loosely typed● Seen as “amateur”● T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM
Some reasons...
● Was not “designed”● Many inconsistencies● Loosely typed● Seen as “amateur”● T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM● php.internals
Haters gonna hate.
So…
● Use the right tool● Use what is comfortable● If you like using PHP, ignore the hate
What made PHP work?
● Easy to learn
Why it works...
● Easy to learn● Loosely typed
Why it works...
● Easy to learn● Loosely typed● Easy to install
Why it works...
● Easy to learn● Loosely typed● Easy to install● Rise of the CMS
Why it works...
● Easy to learn● Loosely typed● Easy to install● Rise of the CMS● Gets the job done
Why it works...
Then it all changed...
Rob Allen: https://www.flickr.com/photos/akrabat/54795045
● PHP 5.3 features
PHP keeps getting MORE awesome
● PHP 5.3 features● PHP 5.4 + 5.5 features
PHP keeps getting MORE awesome
● PHP 5.3 features● PHP 5.4 + 5.5 features● PHP-FIG
PHP keeps getting MORE awesome
● PHP 5.3 features● PHP 5.4 + 5.5 features● PHP-FIG● Rise of the community
PHP keeps getting MORE awesome
● PHP 5.3 features● PHP 5.4 + 5.5 features● PHP-FIG● Rise of the community● Composer
PHP keeps getting MORE awesome
The Future of PHP…?
Things to look out for...
● HHVM
Things to look out for...
● HHVM● Zephir
Things to look out for...
● HHVM● Zephir● PHPNG
Things to look out for...
● HHVM● Zephir● PHPNG● Growing community!
Things to look out for...
Unstoppable Train
http://unsplash.com/post/71169964532/download-by-kholodnitskiy-maksim
Questions?
James Titcumbwww.jamestitcumb.comwww.protected.co.ukwww.phphants.co.uk@asgrim
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