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I still love PHP and JavaScript (2022)

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123 points jonfelsar | 1 comments | 09 Sep 25 20:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ksenzee ◴[09 Sep 25 20:29 UTC] No.45188438[source]▶
This is a preemptive plea for people who last wrote PHP in 2012 not to opine on what writing PHP is like in 2025. It is not a hammer with two claws. It’s a modern language with types and tooling and package management.
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mcflubbins ◴[09 Sep 25 20:56 UTC] No.45188975[source]▶
> It’s a modern language with types and tooling and package management.

Last I used Php (v4 to v8), it had type hinting, which was fine but I think its going to become harder for newcomers to approach as there stronger and stronger types, which is what made Php so special to begin with IMHO.

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1. paulryanrogers ◴[09 Sep 25 21:41 UTC] No.45189630[source]▶
Your own PHP code doesn't have to use typing. It's opt in.