2023, officially enters the first year of PHP8 popularization!

2023 is coming: Is PHP still worth learning now?

Didn’t someone on the Internet say that PHP is in decline?

Some people even say that PHP has been eliminated?

So what’s the real situation?

It just happened that PHP8.2.0 was released not long ago, and the 22nd PHP online class is also about to start.

I would like to take this time to answer some questions that students are more concerned about. .

1: What can PHP do?

PHP is recognized as the preferred language for Web development, and its development efficiency is extremely high!

From PC to mobile:

From corporate official website, industry website, e-commerce platform to general back-end management system, OA system, CRM system and other development;

It is also widely used in the development of small programs, APPs, public accounts, etc.

#2: How much market share does PHP occupy?

The advantages of PHP’s high development efficiency and good ecology have enabled PHP to maintain a share of more than 80% in the domestic WEB development field.

Most website programs on the market are developed using PHP!

Take Hefei, where the PHP Chinese website is located, for example, at least 7 of the 10 Internet companies are using PHP for back-end development.

3: Are major manufacturers still using PHP?

For example, many major domestic Internet companies are using PHP.

For example: Baidu, Didi, Taobao, Tencent, Sina, Bilibili, etc.; foreign ones include: Facebook, Wikipedia, Yahoo, etc.

It’s just that big manufacturers will not use only one back-end programming language. They will use it according to different business scenarios and business needs. Requirements, to choose a matching technical language for development.

For us personally, we must also choose a programming language that suits us based on our own academic qualifications, learning ability, city where we are located, etc., and don’t follow blindly!

Four: What is the demand for PHP recruitment? Is it much?

Students can actually search on major recruitment websites.

We can also see from major recruitment websites that PHP is placed in a very important position on the recruitment home page, because the recruitment demand for PHP is still very high. It is large and occupies a very important position in development.

We saw that there are ten pages of PHP recruitment positions!

For some programming languages ​​that are praised by major training institutions, such as Go and Python, the actual recruitment pages only have a few pages, and there are even fewer or even none in second- and third-tier cities. After learning, you will not be able to find a job. of embarrassment.

5: Is the learning cost of PHP high?

Some programming languages, such as Java, Go, C, etc., are indeed too difficult. Without a certain academic foundation, learning will be a nightmare. In addition, recruitment basically requires a bachelor's degree or above.

Only PHP is the easiest back-end language to get started with no academic requirements!

There are no complicated logical operations, no advanced mathematics and too much English foundation required, what you see is what you get, it is more interesting to learn and gives you a sense of accomplishment.

It can be mastered in as little as 2-3 months, which greatly reduces the risk of giving up mid-study!

#In addition, once you learn PHP, it will be very easy to expand to other languages ​​according to work needs.

6: PHP Outlook for 2023

As the epidemic situation is relaxed, people, goods, and money will flow rapidly. If there is flow, there will be a lot of demand. 2023 will be the year when the demand for PHP explodes!

With the arrival of the post-epidemic era, companies whose vitality has been severely damaged will become more and more rational and put cost control first: PHP has become a The first choice for corporate recruitment!

Recent feedback from students and companies shows that this is also a trend.

In addition, PHP8.0, which was released two years ago, has also become stable!

PHP8 is the masterpiece "JIT underlying compilation engine", its terrifying performance makes developers shine!

（PHP 8 JIT, performance improved by 92% compared to PHP 7.4 stable）

PHP 8 JIT（Just In Time ) The compiler will be integrated into PHP as an extension. The Opcache extension is used at runtime to convert certain opcodes directly into instructions from the CPU.

This means that after using JIT, Zend VM does not need to interpret certain opcodes, and these instructions will be executed directly as CPU-level instructions.

The execution principle of PHP8 is different from any previous version of PHP. It can be said that it is epoch-making in terms of execution efficiency.

Starting from January 2023 on the PHP Chinese website, all live classes (starting from the 22nd PHP online class that will start next month) will be fully switched to the PHP8 version of teaching, and enjoy the benefits of PHP8 The ultimate experience!

Let me summarize a few sentences at the end of the article.

1. PHP is easy to get started with, and it is not easy to give up after learning. No matter which city you are in, there are the most positions;

2. PHP development is highly efficient and cost-effective, making it suitable for quick start-ups. The project is also very suitable for starting a business;

3.PHP does not value your academic qualifications, but your ability to develop independently. As long as you master systematic knowledge and theory, solid technology, and have certain project practice capabilities, you can get a satisfactory job in the IT industry and have broad employment prospects.

4. In the past and in the future, PHP is the best programming language that can help poor people quickly turn around!

Come on, 2023!