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# [Why The Hell Are We Stuck To PHP For Web Development?](https://makerspace.hashnode.dev/why-php-for-web-development?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Web development has been dominated by PHP for two decades. And why the hell are we still stuck to PHP for web development? This article explains more.

Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min read · makerspace.hashnode.dev  
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[Md Shakib Ahmed](https://hashnode.com/@mdshakibahmed)

[Nov 28, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-php-for-web-development/633d74494b8b205ff7e8266b/comment/63850ee81e5a4c24386cb060)

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[Bruce Wells](https://hashnode.com/@PHPFUI)

[Nov 28, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-php-for-web-development/633d74494b8b205ff7e8266b/comment/6385040e47639d245e659254)

Good post.

I think most developers hate PHP because they last time they worked with it was back in V4 land on a website that developed by someone who had no knowledge of how to program a website. The fact they came up with something that kinda worked is a testament to how easy PHP is to use.

PHP 8.1 (and soon 8.2) is a very advanced language from V4 days. While not perfect, it prefer it to any other language for web development.

As for the standard reasons to hate PHP, I would remind people you can code security issues in any language, Packagist.org has plenty of great packages available, and while some built in functions are not ideal, PHP as a language has some of the best documentation available, much better than most, including Microsoft created languages, and that is saying a lot.

But if you want a real reason to not use a compiled or minimized language for web development, you should read my post on supply chain issues. [Attack of the 50 Mile Wide Open Source Supply Chain](https://blog.phpfui.com/the-attack-of-the-50-mile-wide-open-source-supply-chain) Watch out for item 6!

[Ghost](https://hashnode.com/@incognito-)

[Oct 14, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-php-for-web-development/633d74494b8b205ff7e8266b/comment/6349e49b12597a4eecc5c0f3)

Great list, I think PHP is a simple language, that has also evolved and improved over time. You can run it on both Windows and Linux[,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUwRinHHTCo) so it's cross platform. Also a minumental array of software is running on PHP. It's also great as an entry language for beginners.

[Karan Rawal](https://hashnode.com/@karanravval)

[Nov 23, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-php-for-web-development/633d74494b8b205ff7e8266b/comment/6349e49b12597a4eecc5c0f3#reply-637dbe2ecaae63ceadac042e)

Great to see you liked it!

[Kevin Pliester](https://hashnode.com/@pixelbart)

[Oct 10, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-php-for-web-development/633d74494b8b205ff7e8266b/comment/6343d2b60961ceed80d0a78c)

For me, point 2 in particular is decisive. Many webhosters in Germany only offer PHP. NodeJS is still rocket physics here. I would love to switch and build cooler things, but Germany is putting a spoke in my wheel here.

Great post!

[Karan Rawal](https://hashnode.com/@karanravval)

[Nov 23, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-php-for-web-development/633d74494b8b205ff7e8266b/comment/6343d2b60961ceed80d0a78c#reply-637dbdd9caae63ceadac041b)

Thanks Kevin for your kind words. 😀