OT: Who’s actually using PHP today?

I think that question has been asked for the last decade by those who like to use extra complicated workflows and will be asked for the next decade. I don't think they can grasp how easy php is to not only learn but to deploy. These l would say are mostly so called developers in their 20s, 30s who rely on a lot of frameworks and can't really code their way out of a paper bag on their own.

The facts speak for themselves, php still dominates all the rest of the back end languages being used today. Infact if you add up all the rest by percentage use it would still fall way short of php. Granted the graph line for php is slowly in decline but you would expect that to happen as more back end languages compete for the space.

If you want simplicity use php, if you want to pretend it's far more difficult than it actually is, use something else. As l said in a previous post next.js now let's you combine front and back end in the one file, a luxury php developers have had for years, so yes maybe someone out there developing javascript languages is finally taking note and copying some php workflow.