it's just "yet another c-style/curly brackets scripting language", which isn't hard to learn and especially easy to use and which was and still is heavily used in context of web-development.
why? its very efficient/productive ... which is of special interest for example for smaller fixed-rate projects, mvps and similar use-cases.
even if php has many flaws, it got a few things right and is for example available on nearly every webhoster out there ...
but: don't stop learning programming-languages with php.
add for example javascript, but also python, some functional language - no, not haskel, i prefer ocaml - and other languages to your "selection of tools" ... :)
btw. another example ... "everybodys darling" javascript:
compared to javascript php is a pretty decent language ... just search the net on critiques on javascript, and despite that: everybody uses it.
why? because its in every browser / on every system / every mobile-platform etc.
availability/accessibility/... counts more than some academically influenced aesthetic discussions from some "theoretical computer-science point of view" ;))
Cloud-based hosting services personally give me too much analysis paralysis. Sometimes I just want old school shared hosting that already has an Apache config that is sensible for most small-mid scale work because it's more intuitive to deploy.
because there are lots of people who have other things to do than "bring up anything" on some cheap "roll-your-own" hosting-platform.
... ever considered TCO !?
they just want some problem solved, and don't care much about the current "trends", "buzzwords" or whatever there is in 2020 which may be of interest for "it-nerds" than "getting things done" and move on with their core-business :)
it's just "yet another c-style/curly brackets scripting language", which isn't hard to learn and especially easy to use and which was and still is heavily used in context of web-development.
why? its very efficient/productive ... which is of special interest for example for smaller fixed-rate projects, mvps and similar use-cases.
even if php has many flaws, it got a few things right and is for example available on nearly every webhoster out there ...
but: don't stop learning programming-languages with php. add for example javascript, but also python, some functional language - no, not haskel, i prefer ocaml - and other languages to your "selection of tools" ... :)
btw. another example ... "everybodys darling" javascript:
compared to javascript php is a pretty decent language ... just search the net on critiques on javascript, and despite that: everybody uses it.
why? because its in every browser / on every system / every mobile-platform etc.
availability/accessibility/... counts more than some academically influenced aesthetic discussions from some "theoretical computer-science point of view" ;))