--- title: "Is PHP the best back end language for you to use?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-php-the-best-back-end-language-for-you-to-use--rggqq3ahg source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwCRQS-boMA type: video:youtube source: "Tech With Tim" published: 2025-11-17T19:07:44.207Z updated: 2025-11-17T20:55:09.585Z tags: ["webdev", "backend", "php", "wordpress"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 33 comments: 9 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Is PHP the best back end language for you to use? **[Tech With Tim](https://daily.dev/sources/TechWithTim)** · 1 min read · 33 upvotes · 9 comments ## Summary PHP remains a practical choice for backend development despite its reputation. It powers a significant portion of the web, particularly small business websites and platforms like WordPress. The language offers strong job opportunities, especially for maintaining legacy systems and e-commerce sites, with relatively few new developers entering the field creating demand for PHP skills. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@devmushref** · 4 upvotes > The best backend language is: **non-existent**. **@andradei** · 3 upvotes > There's no such thing as the best one. Just the one we hate the least. **@xghozt** · 1 upvotes > I'm bias because I love PHP, especially for back-end development. That said, the "best" is what's best for the developer(s) and/or the project goals. It's a little like saying "this is the best screwdriver" but perhaps you should be asking yourself if you even need a screwdriver. Always pick the right tools for the job, developers should not be limiting themselves to any one stack. **@nicolasbui** · 1 upvotes > Surely not the best, but surely the most suited and It was built for it : the Web. > It's also one of the easiest to learn. > But at the same time, as a legacy of the easyness, you have all the quirks (mixed bag of old and modern code). So you have to be somehow very carefull and pragmatic I guess ? > > I solely assume that I'm not that at all hahaha **@luigiiaderosa** · 0 upvotes > As for everything in tech, language is a tool, and a framework for that language is a philosophy that has the only aim to help you deliver ideas. If you're down with OOP/D, backend panels and api development, there is no reason to look any further than Php + Laravel. We're in the epoch of ecommerce websites, that in a great majority are built using Prestashop,Magento or WooCommerce - Php, again. > If you're in need to build robust ETL, probably Php won't be the best tool you can find out there, and you might want to focus on Python or Elixir. > As a web developer with a variety of needs, I tend... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [PHP language still relevant, advocate insists](https://daily.dev/posts/php-language-still-relevant-advocate-insists-kqkphaixm) · InfoWorld · 25 upvotes · 6 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#wordpress](https://daily.dev/tags/wordpress) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/is-php-the-best-back-end-language-for-you-to-use--rggqq3ahg)