PHP is dead…Viva le PHP! By Sergii Shanin

The fracas over Gutenberg and WordPress is the latest installment in the death of PHP. Take a deep breath everybody. Let’s ignore the trolls and take a look at what Mark Twain, Fidel Castro and PHP have in common—and more to the point, why PHP is still a reasonable choice for startups and small businesses. When did PHP start dying? It looks like ‘PHP is dead’ blog posts started cropping up in 2011 (let me know if you find older ones). If you search around Medium and the coding bootcamps that are popping up like mushrooms, the only common denominator is that everyone hates on PHP or simply ignores it. Apparently it’s impossible to code in PHP with an oiled beard and ironic t-shirt while drinking overpriced coffee.                                 Bullshit. Enough is enough. I talk....