Is core PHP still relevant in 2025? I am not talking frameworks Laravel, Symfony

1 pointsposted 16 hours ago
by junebuggerz

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2 Comments

rvz

15 hours ago

> So do any of you still use core PHP either freelancing or for work in 2025?

No. PHP is dead.

smt88

16 hours ago

No. PHP has been dead for years. Most of its continued usage (by a wide margin) is WordPress.

If you like PHP, you will likely easily learn and enjoy C# or Kotlin. With help from Claude or similar, you can get a project setup and be productive the same day.