Is PHP dead?
Deaditude Score:
34.9%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Best described in performance reviews as 'meets expectations'.
*Data last collected: 17 Jan 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
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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
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
60
Answer Rate
58%
Acceptance Rate
17%
Growth
+44%
Recent Questions
Setting the statement name in PDO Prepared Statements (MySQL/MariaDB)
Answered90 views
phpmysqlpdo
How to correctly use wp_enqueue_script and wp_enqueue_style in a WordPress child theme?
Unanswered61 views
javascriptphpcss
WordPress action hook not triggering inside custom plugin
Unanswered39 views
phpwordpress
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
191,680
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
95
Posts
25.0
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+3.1%
Strong momentum
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/PHP1 months ago
251(97%)74
Yii3 is released
r/PHP19 days ago
192(96%)68
True Async RFC 1.7 is coming
r/PHP26 days ago
92(91%)90
I modernized a decade-old PHP script for importing large MySQL dumps - now it's a full MVC app with 10-50x faster imports
r/PHP21 days ago
88(94%)51
Multithreading in PHP: Looking to the Future
r/PHP14 days ago
84(97%)45
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
11,612🇮🇳India
4,091🇩🇪Germany
2,247🇫🇷France
2,058🇨🇦Canada
813🇬🇧United Kingdom
619Market Summary
21,440
Total Jobs
🏢
214,179
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 points42.2
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
PHP 8.5
2 months ago
244190
Hierarchical Navigable Small World (HNSW) in PHP
18 days ago
9515
Moving PHP open source forward
3 months ago
6353
"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
24
Videos
20.6K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-22.2%
Average Engagement
857.1
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering PHP:
code with SJM
Small Creator
Nizami Coding
Growing Channel
Sheinny.x
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Build a Full HR Management System in Filament PHP v4 | Multi Panel Setup, Roles & Permissions & more
code with SJM
2 months ago
12511
The Most Secure PHP Authentication System (2025)
Nizami Coding
1 months ago
31
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 |
|---|---|
| 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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