c/php · by Olissipo@programming.dev · 1y

The State of PHP 2024 – JetBrains Blog

https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/2025/02/state-of-php-2024/

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kryllic@programming.dev · 5 pts · 1y (3 replies)

TL;DR:

State of PHP 2024: Insights from a survey of 2,660 PHP developers worldwide.
Demographics: Predominantly mid-career developers, with a significant portion from Japan, China, and the US.
Gender Imbalance: Majority male respondents; minimal female and non-binary representation.
PHP Versions: 86% using PHP 8, lower adoption compared to PHP 7 in 2020.
Popular Frameworks: Laravel remains the most popular PHP framework.
Development Tools: PhpStorm is the leading IDE, with VS Code gaining popularity, especially among beginners.
AI Adoption: ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot are the most used AI tools among PHP developers.
PHP Foundation: Focus on improving the language, security, and maintenance, with new features and tools introduced in 2024.

dan@upvote.au · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

PhpStorm is the leading IDE,

I feel like Jetbrains may be biased 🤔

If they conducted the poll within their community, then of course most of the respondents will be using their IDEs.

balder1993@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Good point. This was the only thing that stood out to me as “really?”.

Although I’d also think that’s the only modern IDE focused on PHP, isn’t it?

dan@upvote.au · 1 pts · 1y

Although I’d also think that’s the only modern IDE focused on PHP, isn’t it?

I think Zend Studio is still around. You can get a pretty good IDE-like experience in VS Code too (not anywhere near as good as a Jetbrains IDE though).

But yeah, PHPStorm is by far the best.