Is PHP dead?
Deaditude Score:
40.3%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Like a well-maintained highway. Essential, reliable, and no one's excited about it.
*Data last collected: 23 Apr 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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🔬Component Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad
Codebase Activity
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Reddit Drama
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Stackoverflow copypasting
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Job offering
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Companies adoption
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Hacker News Hype
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
1995
GitHub Pulse
Maintenance Mode
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment
Stack Overflow Analysis
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
69
Answer Rate
64%
Acceptance Rate
10%
Growth
-22%
Recent Questions
I would like to get some advice on this sql connenction with php. We use this in our school. Can you guys help if there is a better way to do it?
Answered152 views
phpmysqli
Why does my website randomly show a server error?
Answered107 views
phpwordpressdebugging
Foreach loop on a multi-dimensional PHP array returns complete wrong results
Unanswered77 views
phploopsmultidimensional-array
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
194,766
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
152
Posts
16.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-19.6%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨
Migration Alert
2 mentions of migrating away from PHP detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 days👻 PHP Dead Code Detector is stable (after 4 years of development), newly supports even Laravel!
r/PHP18 days ago
152(97%)16
I spent my senior year building a pure-PHP async ecosystem for PHP 8.4. Meet HiblaPHP
r/PHP6 days ago
149(92%)55
Welcoming Matt Stauffer to The PHP Foundation Board
r/PHP1 months ago
106(98%)9
Laravel raised money and now injects ads directly into your agent
r/PHP10 days ago
104(90%)60
PHP will get an AOT compiler from the Swoole team in 2027
r/PHP3 days ago
94(79%)138
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
9,350🇩🇪Germany
4,402🇮🇳India
3,881🇫🇷France
2,032🇨🇦Canada
614🇬🇧United Kingdom
496Market Summary
20,775
Total Jobs
🏢
223,869
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
PHP is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
PHP gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
1,000
Posts
Community Interest
Average points48.0
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
100M-Row Challenge with PHP
2 months ago
186102
PHP 8.6 Closure Optimizations
12 days ago
12450
Hierarchical Navigable Small World (HNSW) in PHP
3 months ago
9515
Show HN: Rust compiler in PHP emitting x86-64 executables
1 months ago
6650
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
YouTube algorithm buried PHP content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
27
Videos
295.8K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-40.0%
Average Engagement
11.0K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering PHP:
Unity Coding
YouTube Royalty
Web Tech Knowledge
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
26014
1 months ago
9119
Build Mobile Apps with Laravel & NativePHP v3 | NativePHP Basics (Functions, Events, Assets)
Unity Coding
1 months ago
458
1 months ago
50
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | 40.3% |
| 9 Apr 2026 | 22.5% |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 26.8% |
| 13 Mar 2026 | 41.5% |
| 27 Feb 2026 | 31.9% |
| 14 Feb 2026 | 35.5% |
| 31 Jan 2026 | 35.2% |
| 17 Jan 2026 | 34.9% |
| 4 Jan 2026 | 42.4% |
| 21 Dec 2025 | 36.0% |
| 7 Dec 2025 | 35.4% |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 24.2% |
| 10 Nov 2025 | 33.9% |
| 28 Oct 2025 | 37.0% |
| 15 Oct 2025 | 36.1% |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 25.9% |
| 17 Sept 2025 | 35.2% |
| 4 Sept 2025 | 27.3% |
| 21 Aug 2025 | 40.8% |
| 7 Aug 2025 | 39.5% |
| 25 Jul 2025 | 26.4% |
| 11 Jul 2025 | 25.1% |
| 27 Jun 2025 | 30.0% |
| 14 Jun 2025 | 23.5% |
| 31 May 2025 | 28.0% |
| 10 May 2025 | 26.4% |
| 4 May 2025 | 25.6% |
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