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[No PHPun Intended] A Brief History of Web Development (infosec.pub)

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Yep, PHP is turning 30 this year! Wondering if "PHP is still relevant?" Ever since we have been hearing that PHP is dead. It was “dead” 10 years ago, 5 years ago, and “is dead” today. But somehow - it isn’t. Anyway... happy birthday!

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[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But let's not forget that the WordPress codebase is absolute dogshit.

And not an example of how to write proper modern PHP.