PHP‘s creator Rasmus Lerdorf did not intend to create an entirely new programming language. Over 20 years ago, the Danish software engineer was looking for a better way to fix what he described ...

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.

Facebook has released a programming language called Hack, which marries the ease of PHP with the rigorous safety controls of older languages such as C++. PHP programmers should easily understand ...

PhpStorm is popular among PHP developers; however, there are worthy free and paid alternatives. Learn about seven PhpStorm alternatives.

PHP remains a popular programming language choice among developers, ranking fourth since 2015 in GitHub's annual Octoverse survey behind JavaScript, Python and Java, and between fifth place in ...

PHP 5 Power Programming is an excellent book for PHP 4 developers in need of a PHP 5 introduction. It's also a good book for anyone proficient in another programming language, such as Java, Perl or ...

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.