Is PHP dead?

Deaditude Score:

33.9%

ⓘ How is this calculated?

Still Thriving

Alive0.0%Dead

> Best described in performance reviews as 'meets expectations'.

*Data last collected: 10 Nov 2025, 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

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⏱️ 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

total stars

Forks

total forks

Open PRs

open pull requests

Recent Commits

last 30 days

Contributors

active developers

Pulse Check

No data

trend assessment

Stack Overflow Analysis

Needs Help

Question Metrics

Total Questions

120

Answer Rate

43%

Acceptance Rate

16%

Growth

+13%

In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

Connecting to Excel from PHP using PDO

Unanswered70 views

phpexcelpdo

Contact Form additional params

Answered35 views

phpbotscontact-form

Apple Pay v2 (signedTransactionInfo) : how to verify new token format and migrate from legacy EC_v1?

Unanswered35 views

phpnestjsapplepay

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

188,644

Subscribers

Active Users

Activity Metrics

Posts

32.4

Avg. Upvotes

Growth Trend

Falling

-27.3%

Losing steam

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy

Perfectly Balanced

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Migration Alert

1 mentions of migrating away from PHP detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days

PHP in 2025 is so good..

r/PHP29 days ago

251(87%)169

PHP’s New URI Extension: An Open Source Success Story

r/PHP1 months ago

177(99%)23

The State of PHP 2025

r/PHP1 months ago

173(99%)130

Symfony's 20 Year Anniversary

r/PHP1 months ago

137(97%)37

Winner of PHP 8.5 release page design contest announced

r/PHP16 days ago

124(94%)43

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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States

16,020

🇮🇳India

4,037

🇩🇪Germany

2,796

🇫🇷France

2,298

🇨🇦Canada

784

🇬🇧United Kingdom

657

Market Summary

26,592

Total Jobs

🏢

200,196

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.

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

HN Darling

PHP gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.

Mentions

1,000

Posts

Community Interest

Average points40.7

Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.

HN karma potential

8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints

PHP 8.5 adds pipe operator

3 months ago

435274

RFC: PHP license update

4 months ago

27488

PHP: The Toyota Corolla of programming

3 months ago

188193

Mago: A fast PHP toolchain written in Rust

2 months ago

15970

The Rise of Hybrid PHP: Blending PHP with Go and Rust

2 months ago

133153

Search on HN

"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

PHP content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.

Content Metrics

Videos

45.3K

Total Views

Content trend: Stable0.0%

Average Engagement

3.0K

Views per Video

Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering PHP:

Practical Web Dev

Hobby Channel

dev. Jonas

Hobby Channel

Laravel

YouTube Royalty

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress

Date	Score
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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🔬Component Breakdown

Codebase Activity

Reddit Drama

Youtube Clickbaits

Stackoverflow copypasting

Job offering

Companies adoption

Hacker News Hype

⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

GitHub Pulse

Weekly Commit Activity

Stack Overflow Analysis

Question Metrics

Recent Questions

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Community Size

Activity Metrics

Community Sentiment

Migration Alert

Popular Discussions

💼 Job Market Pulse

Global Job Distribution

Market Summary

Reality Check

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Mentions

Community Interest

HN Verdict

Notable Discussions

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Content Metrics

Average Engagement

Creator Landscape

Popular Videos

📈Historical Score Timeline

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