Latest report on PHP usage statistics and market positioning

#PHP, as a programming language that can cause topics at any time, is it really on the decline as some language rankings show? Take a look at the latest usage statistics and market positioning of PHP based on data and reports provided by W3Techs.

W3Techs 是一个专门调查 Web 技术的网站，提供有关 Web 各种技术的使用情况信息。

The above picture reflects the programming languages ​​used on the server side of the website according to W3Techs statistics (note: the server side of the website may use more than one programming language). As you can see, 79% of websites use PHP for server-side development, ranking first. The figures for ASP.NET and Java, which ranked second and third, were 11.3% and 4.0% respectively, far behind PHP.

Based on the historical trends over the past year, PHP's usage on the server side has basically stabilized at 79%, and Java has also maintained a stable 4% proportion, but ASP.NET has been increasing slightly. It is declining, and the current usage ratio on the server side is 11.3%.

If we look at it through a more intuitive line chart, we can clearly see that except for ASP.NET, which experienced a slight decline, other servers Terminal languages ​​​​have maintained a very stable trend.

All in all, in terms of usage statistics of website server-side programming languages, PHP leads the world with the highest proportion of 79%. I believe this position will be difficult to shake for a while.

In addition to usage statistics, there is another point worthy of attention - What is the market position of these server-side programming languages?

There is no doubt that PHP is the most used language, so what is the traffic situation faced by the scenarios where it is used? As can be seen from the picture above, although PHP is widely used, the traffic faced by these websites is not too high, and they are mainly small and medium-sized websites. So ranking by quantity: PHP > ASP.NET > Java, ranking by the traffic handled is: Java > ASP.NET > PHP.

This result is also in line with the reality: PHP is used for the development of small and medium-sized websites; large and more complex website server-side development generally uses Java or ASP.NET.

Since PHP is so popular in the field of server-side development, it maintains multiple branches at the same time. Which branch is used the most?

Yes, PHP 5 and PHP 7 are the current mainstream. Especially PHP 5, it has the momentum to fight for several more years. As for PHP 4 and 3, it can be said that they have been abandoned.

Finally some interesting data:

Websites that only use PHP

● Smzdm.com

● Asus.com

● Nba.com

● Pulzo.com

● Getpocket.com

Popular websites using PHP

● Facebook.com

● Wikipedia.org

● Vk.com

● 360.cn

● Sina.com.cn

● Wordpress.com

● Pinterest.com

● Babytree.com

● Ettoday.net

● Instructure.com

In addition, developer Brent published an article detailing what PHP is like in 2019:

http://www.php .cn/toutiao-418946.html