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	* '''2024-11-19''' [https://developer.vonage.com/en/blog/php-is-legacy-in-2024 PHP is Legacy, in 2024]: a [[Vonage]] developer asks why people think PHP is bad. One big reason may be that MacOS says it is, but there are others. They generally no longer apply.		* '''2024-11-19''' [https://developer.vonage.com/en/blog/php-is-legacy-in-2024 PHP is Legacy, in 2024]: a [[Vonage]] developer asks why people think PHP is bad. One big reason may be that MacOS says it is, but there are others. They generally no longer apply.
			* '''2024-09-06''' [https://www.mux.com/blog/php-is-the-new-javascript Look out, kids: PHP is the new JavaScript]: despite the title, this is praise (and an exploration of [[Laravel]]
			** {{fmt/quote\|[...] a chap named Ryan Dahl introduced a way to execute JavaScript code outside a web browser. What a moment that was. You mean to tell me that I can write JavaScript ''everywhere?''}} ...but why would anyone want to use [[JavaScript]] if they didn't absolutely have to? {{woozle/sig}}
	* '''2015-12-16''' [https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture Contempt Culture] "I'd been making critical comments about PHP the language, and PHP developers, nothing more than standard “PHP sucks” sort of language. The same thing I'd been doing, and supported in doing, for years. [..] Getting called out was hard..."		* '''2015-12-16''' [https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture Contempt Culture] "I'd been making critical comments about PHP the language, and PHP developers, nothing more than standard “PHP sucks” sort of language. The same thing I'd been doing, and supported in doing, for years. [..] Getting called out was hard..."

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	* '''2002''' [http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002/papers/html/php/ Experiences of Using PHP in Large Websites]		* '''2002''' [http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002/papers/html/php/ Experiences of Using PHP in Large Websites]
	==Counters==		==Counters==
			* '''2024-11-19''' [https://developer.vonage.com/en/blog/php-is-legacy-in-2024 PHP is Legacy, in 2024]: a [[Vonage]] developer asks why people think PHP is bad. One big reason may be that MacOS says it is, but there are others. They generally no longer apply.
	* '''2015-12-16''' [https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture Contempt Culture] "I'd been making critical comments about PHP the language, and PHP developers, nothing more than standard “PHP sucks” sort of language. The same thing I'd been doing, and supported in doing, for years. [..] Getting called out was hard..."		* '''2015-12-16''' [https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture Contempt Culture] "I'd been making critical comments about PHP the language, and PHP developers, nothing more than standard “PHP sucks” sort of language. The same thing I'd been doing, and supported in doing, for years. [..] Getting called out was hard..."

Woozle at 16:45, 29 September 2019

2019-09-29T16:45:58Z

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	PHP is a popular target for criticism, but much of it seems to be based on either (a) older versions of PHP, identifying problems which have since been fixed, or (b) based on a lack of understanding (e.g. of language genres in general or the options available for doing things properly).		PHP is a popular target for criticism, but much of it seems to be based on either (a) older versions of PHP, identifying problems which have since been fixed, or (b) based on a lack of understanding (e.g. of language genres in general or the options available for doing things properly).
	==Negative==		==Negative==
			* [[/woozle]]
	* [http://phpsadness.com/ PHP Sadness]: some carefully-documented issues with PHP, actively maintained		* [http://phpsadness.com/ PHP Sadness]: some carefully-documented issues with PHP, actively maintained
	* '''2012-04-09''' [https://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ PHP: a fractal of bad design]		* '''2012-04-09''' [https://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ PHP: a fractal of bad design]
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	==Neutral==		==Neutral==
	* '''2002''' [http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002/papers/html/php/ Experiences of Using PHP in Large Websites]		* '''2002''' [http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002/papers/html/php/ Experiences of Using PHP in Large Websites]
	==~~Positive~~==		==Counters==
	* '''2015-12-16''' [https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture Contempt Culture] "I'd been making critical comments about PHP the language, and PHP developers, nothing more than standard “PHP sucks” sort of language. The same thing I'd been doing, and supported in doing, for years. [..] Getting called out was hard..."		* '''2015-12-16''' [https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture Contempt Culture] "I'd been making critical comments about PHP the language, and PHP developers, nothing more than standard “PHP sucks” sort of language. The same thing I'd been doing, and supported in doing, for years. [..] Getting called out was hard..."

Woozle: added neutral and positive sections

2018-07-20T23:28:24Z

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	PHP is a popular target for criticism, but much of it seems to be based on either (a) older versions of PHP, identifying problems which have since been fixed, or (b) based on a lack of understanding (e.g. of language genres in general or the options available for doing things properly).		PHP is a popular target for criticism, but much of it seems to be based on either (a) older versions of PHP, identifying problems which have since been fixed, or (b) based on a lack of understanding (e.g. of language genres in general or the options available for doing things properly).
	==~~Links~~==		==Negative==
	* [http://phpsadness.com/ PHP Sadness]: some carefully-documented issues with PHP, actively maintained		* [http://phpsadness.com/ PHP Sadness]: some carefully-documented issues with PHP, actively maintained
	* '''2012-04-09''' [https://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ PHP: a fractal of bad design]		* '''2012-04-09''' [https://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ PHP: a fractal of bad design]
	* '''2006-07-22''' [http://blog.case.edu/gps10/2006/07/22/why_global_variables_in_php_is_bad_programming_practice Why Global Variables in PHP is Bad Programming Practice]		* '''2006-07-22''' [http://blog.case.edu/gps10/2006/07/22/why_global_variables_in_php_is_bad_programming_practice Why Global Variables in PHP is Bad Programming Practice]
	* '''2004-04-18''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20070128203719/http://dagbrown.livejournal.com/19338.html un-PHP-ing my web site]: a LiveJournal entry critical of PHP		* '''2004-04-18''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20070128203719/http://dagbrown.livejournal.com/19338.html un-PHP-ing my web site]: a LiveJournal entry critical of PHP
			==Neutral==
			* '''2002''' [http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002/papers/html/php/ Experiences of Using PHP in Large Websites]
			==Positive==
			* '''2015-12-16''' [https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture Contempt Culture] "I'd been making critical comments about PHP the language, and PHP developers, nothing more than standard “PHP sucks” sort of language. The same thing I'd been doing, and supported in doing, for years. [..] Getting called out was hard..."

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2018-07-20T23:23:42Z

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PHP is a popular target for criticism, but much of it seems to be based on either (a) older versions of PHP, identifying problems which have since been fixed, or (b) based on a lack of understanding (e.g. of language genres in general or the options available for doing things properly).
==Links==
* [http://phpsadness.com/ PHP Sadness]: some carefully-documented issues with PHP, actively maintained
* '''2012-04-09''' [https://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ PHP: a fractal of bad design]
* '''2006-07-22''' [http://blog.case.edu/gps10/2006/07/22/why_global_variables_in_php_is_bad_programming_practice Why Global Variables in PHP is Bad Programming Practice]
* '''2004-04-18''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20070128203719/http://dagbrown.livejournal.com/19338.html un-PHP-ing my web site]: a LiveJournal entry critical of PHP