The State of PHP 2024 – Expert review
blog.jetbrains.com
  • kryllic@programming.dev
    5·
    26 days ago

    TL;DR:

    • State of PHP 2024: Insights from a survey of 2,660 PHP developers worldwide.
    • Demographics: Predominantly mid-career developers, with a significant portion from Japan, China, and the US.
    • Gender Imbalance: Majority male respondents; minimal female and non-binary representation.
    • PHP Versions: 86% using PHP 8, lower adoption compared to PHP 7 in 2020.
    • Popular Frameworks: Laravel remains the most popular PHP framework.
    • Development Tools: PhpStorm is the leading IDE, with VS Code gaining popularity, especially among beginners.
    • AI Adoption: ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot are the most used AI tools among PHP developers.
    • PHP Foundation: Focus on improving the language, security, and maintenance, with new features and tools introduced in 2024.
    • danA
      10·
      26 days ago

      PhpStorm is the leading IDE,

      I feel like Jetbrains may be biased 🤔

      If they conducted the poll within their community, then of course most of the respondents will be using their IDEs.

      • Baldur Nil@programming.dev
        1·
        3 days ago

        Good point. This was the only thing that stood out to me as “really?”.

        Although I’d also think that’s the only modern IDE focused on PHP, isn’t it?

        • danA
          1·
          3 days ago

          Although I’d also think that’s the only modern IDE focused on PHP, isn’t it?

          I think Zend Studio is still around. You can get a pretty good IDE-like experience in VS Code too (not anywhere near as good as a Jetbrains IDE though).

          But yeah, PHPStorm is by far the best.