It’s also relatively easy to learn and, for many developers, their first foray into web programming will have involved PHP. However, being an old, accessible language can have its disadvantages too.

The venerable web programming language PHP is a source of frequent complaints and frustration, but according to a report W3Techs released today, it doesn't seem to be going away any time soon.

But Klink and Wälde showed that "PHP 5, Java ... "Hash tables are a commonly used data structure in most programming languages," they explained. "Web application servers or platforms commonly ...

The team behind scripting language PHP has announced PHP version 8.0, a major release that may require developers to review code for any breaking changes. This ...