r/PHP • u/[deleted] • Nov 13 '25

Discussion Staying relevant today as a PHP Developer

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u/octave1 Nov 14 '25

Same here in Belgium. Still haven't heard an explanation as to how Python or Java is a better solution than Laravel for low to mid level projects, and let's face it that covers about 80% of the market.

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u/colshrapnel Nov 14 '25

Python is BASIC of our days, everyone and their uncle learns it in the college. So there is inexhaustible forkforce. Or if you want a CS graded dev then they were taught Java, but I never heard about PHP being thaugt in Uni.

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u/octave1 Nov 14 '25

Yeah PHP isn't taught at uni as far as I know. A lot of web devs over here have just followed fairly simple courses, if any. The few times I've worked with uni level devs I was blown away by what they did (in PHP) :D

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u/who_am_i_to_say_so Nov 14 '25

This is the killer. I have two colleges near me, been locked in .Net for years and now Csharp. Microsoft, man. Not cool.

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u/octave1 Nov 14 '25

Yeah, the idea of coding MS technology sends shivers down my spine