PHP

PHP was designed specifically for the web and still powers 70% of sites, including WordPress. Modern versions (PHP 8+) are fast and much improved. Pragmatic and ubiquitous on shared hosting.

• Creado por Rasmus Lerdorf
• Año 1995
• Paradigma: Multi-paradigm · interpreted
• Extensiones: .php, .phtml, .php3, .phar

Para qué se usa

• Dynamic websites
• WordPress / CMS
• Backend with Laravel

A favor

• Easy to deploy
• Cheap, universal hosting
• Huge installed base

En contra

• Historical inconsistencies
• Bad reputation
• Weak typing

Ecosistema

• Laravel
• Symfony
• Livewire
• Inertia.js
• WordPress
• Composer
• FrankenPHP

Ejemplo

<?php
echo "¡Hola, mundo!";
?>