Is PHP dead?
Deaditude Score:
36.0%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Like a well-maintained highway. Essential, reliable, and no one's excited about it.
*Data last collected: 21 Dec 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
92
Answer Rate
59%
Acceptance Rate
33%
Growth
+21%
Recent Questions
PHP Oracle cursor issue ORA-01000: maximum open cursors exceeded
Unanswered126 views
phporacle-database
Contact Form 7 occasionally receives broken uploaded images (1 byte files) – how to debug?
Unanswered100 views
phpwordpressfile
PHP 8.5: "register_argc_argv must be set to On for running Codeception"
Answered67 views
phpcodeception
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
190,612
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
96
Posts
28.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-13.3%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysMago 1.0.0: The Rust-based PHP Toolchain is now Stable (Linter, Static Analyzer, Formatter & Architectural Guard)
r/PHP3 days ago
214(96%)64
Building a Production-Ready Webhook System for Laravel
r/PHP10 days ago
185(95%)21
Symfony 8.0.0 released
r/PHP25 days ago
134(99%)0
The new clamp() function in PHP 8.6
r/PHP10 days ago
127(97%)62
Partial Function Application is coming in PHP 8.6
r/PHP17 days ago
122(96%)128
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
11,643🇮🇳India
4,078🇩🇪Germany
2,104🇫🇷France
2,082🇨🇦Canada
645🇬🇧United Kingdom
584Market Summary
21,136
Total Jobs
🏢
208,974
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 points41.6
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
PHP 8.5
1 months ago
244190
Mago: A fast PHP toolchain written in Rust
3 months ago
15970
The Rise of Hybrid PHP: Blending PHP with Go and Rust
3 months ago
133153
I still love PHP and JavaScript (2022)
3 months ago
12492
Moving PHP open source forward
2 months ago
6353
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
YouTube algorithm buried PHP content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
22
Videos
44.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-50.0%
Average Engagement
2.0K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering PHP:
Learning With Monty
Hobby Channel
Tech Pulse
Hobby Channel
SmartestDevelopers
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Laravel API for Beginners - A Complete Guide
The Codeholic
1 months ago
931113
1 months ago
506
PHP is Dead? Still Worth Learning in 2026? 🤔
WsCube AI & Tech School
1 months ago
4810
1 months ago
41
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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