Even though ‘vanilla’ PHP is gradually losing its popularity in favor of various frameworks, it’s still worth keeping its massive influence on the modern Web in mind. A huge number of websites rely on PHP to provide interactive features. Find out why this language remains a great choice for many projects.

The first version of PHP was developed in the mid-90s, which in terms of Internet growth can now be considered ancient history. It allowed webmasters to greatly extend the functionality of their pages, proving to be a real revolution playing a major part in evolving the Web into the massive, interactive and very useful global network that we know today. At first, it was a simple, basic language used to write short scripts for websites. New features appeared very soon, and the development of PHP made it possible to create quite complex web applications. Nowadays, online services enjoy more popularity than their desktop counterparts, partly due to their ease of use and access from many platforms. Because of the easy integration of PHP with HTML code, as well as support from almost all servers, the language continues to stand the test of time and will probably keep powering the Web for a long time.