--- title: PHP Doesn't Suck Anymore | daily.dev description: PHP has undergone significant changes since 2012 and has become a more efficient, readable, and maintainable language. With improvements in error handling, the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/php-doesn-t-suck-anymore-syu7rbzwm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PHP Doesn't Suck Anymore | daily.dev og:description: PHP has undergone significant changes since 2012 and has become a more efficient, readable, and maintainable language. With improvements in error handling, the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/php-doesn-t-suck-anymore-syu7rbzwm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Syu7RbzWm.png og:image:alt: PHP Doesn't Suck Anymore og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # PHP Doesn't Suck Anymore **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 65 upvotes · 17 comments ## Summary PHP has undergone significant changes since 2012 and has become a more efficient, readable, and maintainable language. With improvements in error handling, the introduction of attributes and enums, PHP is a robust and reliable choice for web development. ## 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. **@cnastasi** · 6 upvotes > Interesting list. > > Could be more interesting if provided with some example and not just words. Sometimes a piece of code talks more than a thousan words **@eatmailyo** · 3 upvotes > Yes, PHP getting closer to other languages in code style and variable typing **@mykytanikitenko42** · 3 upvotes > Completely disagree. It just became more of a mess than it used to be before **@alhaqh** · 2 upvotes > PHP is just a very mature language with very mature frameworks, libraries and tools such as Laravel. > > It makes building applications extremely easy, quick and fun. But I still hate the languages and hate the fact it's not strictly typed.. **@avinashdalvi\_** · 2 upvotes > Insightful blog with why PHP is still better options. 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It just became more of a mess than it used to be before","datePublished":"2024-05-06T13:25:28.808Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Syu7RbzWm#c-hBLMQsmaL","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mykyta Nikitenko","url":"https://daily.dev/mykytanikitenko42","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AAcHTtfurSXqjGczJrC4WFT2LrMQYjGe-Qrau5HTeaP1=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"PHP is just a very mature language with very mature frameworks, libraries and tools such as Laravel.\nIt makes building applications extremely easy, quick and fun. But I still hate the languages and hate the fact it’s not strictly typed…","datePublished":"2024-05-09T09:32:00.492Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Syu7RbzWm#c-UiGCayBe5","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Al Haqq","url":"https://daily.dev/alhaqh","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Z6-kVopI--/f_auto,q_auto/v1699142922/avatars/avatar_gL1yUy65Avz4TGMfwt7bv"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Insightful blog with why PHP is still better options. Good one.","datePublished":"2024-05-08T10:45:11.219Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Syu7RbzWm#c-Sl2gC6cwD","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Avinash Dalvi","url":"https://daily.dev/avinashdalvi_","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--EPtmTPuB--/f_auto,q_auto/v1/avatars/avatar_hHlJnwL52"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}}]} ```