On the server-side PHP is used by 76.8% of all websites (a large chunk of that being WordPress). It is not going anywhere, soon. Looking at this statistics, nothing else seems to be even in the same league from a pure usage point of view.

I have yet to see a reason why it should change. Serious question: What is the disadvantage of using the tried and tested PHP8 compared to the alternatives, if you already know PHP?

[–] thews@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Easy example. Have they fixed file upload behavior yet? Do they store the entire file in memory by default instead of chunking it and storing it as it comes in?

If not it's like the worst memory usage of any language possible.

If you have to go change the php.ini to adjust file upload sizes, it's not really moving forward and is decades behind other languages.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

File upload behavior is actually determined by your web server (unless you're launching PHP in listening mode) so apache is probably who you want to blame here.

[–] thews@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Other languages behind reverse proxies from apache httpd or nginx do not have the same memory hit. You can still blame php. Not my fault they tied their language to the webserver in a way that uses tons of extra memory.

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