Is PHP dead?
Deaditude Score:
35.2%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Will outlive us all. Somehow that feels like a threat.
*Data last collected: 17 Sept 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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🔬Component Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
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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
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
125
Answer Rate
32%
Acceptance Rate
16%
Growth
+61%
Recent Questions
How to prevent exposing real data in AJAX response (SSR vs CSR) and instead return opaque tokens?
Unanswered63 views
phpajaxserver-side-rendering
Datediff subtract time between two times (non working hours)
Unanswered60 views
phpsqldatatables
MariaDB / PDO / PHP 1020 error ("Record has changed since last read in table")
Unanswered56 views
phppdomariadb
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
187,110
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
79
Posts
32.6
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-31.4%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysRyan Weaver, Symfony core contributor and SymfonyCasts founder and teacher, has passed away.
r/PHP20 days ago
550(99%)54
With PHP8.5 we'll get Error Backtraces V2 on Fatal Errors
r/PHP26 days ago
129(99%)16
Been seeing more PHP gigs out there.
r/PHP15 days ago
125(91%)67
Taylor Otwell: What 14 Years of Laravel Taught Me About Maintainability
r/PHP22 days ago
125(86%)80
PHP Foundation announced an Official PHP MCP Server
r/PHP12 days ago
122(93%)11
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
22,973🇮🇳India
4,753🇩🇪Germany
2,774🇫🇷France
2,550🇬🇧United Kingdom
641🇨🇦Canada
583Market Summary
34,274
Total Jobs
🏢
190,578
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 points41.5
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
1 months ago
435274
RFC: PHP license update
2 months ago
27488
PHP: The Toyota Corolla of programming
1 months ago
188193
Mago: A fast PHP toolchain written in Rust
4 days ago
15970
The Rise of Hybrid PHP: Blending PHP with Go and Rust
18 days ago
133153
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about PHP.
Content Metrics
14
Videos
11.7K
Total Views
Content trend: Slight decline-16.7%
Average Engagement
832.9
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering PHP:
JVL code
Small Creator
Codynn
Major Creator
Amit Thinks
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
592103
1 months ago
113
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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