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description: "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 kno"
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Comment [Why The Hell Are We Stuck To PHP For Web Development?](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-php-for-web-development/633d74494b8b205ff7e8266b)

[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!