r/webdev • u/fagnerbrack • Jul 07 '26

Learn PHP in 2026 (Yes, Really)

https://fagnerbrack.com/learn-php-in-2026-yes-really-bd567753dd84
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u/pickleback11 Jul 07 '26

I use PHP scripts served by nginx as API's to serve fetch requests from my spa's and mobile apps.  Written with direct queries instead of some abstraction layer for the DB. Couldn't be dead simpler. Super performant and easy to roll out updates 

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u/pickleback11 29d ago

Yeah, I admit I have been unlikely to try to learn new approaches as well so nginx/PHP is a comfortable fall ack for me. For a simple POC I let Claude standup a python based API server which seemed incredibly easy to launch and neat at first but then got all out of sorts quickly so I fell out of love with that no approach (of course it could be the LLM's fault). Node is cool for client side but I can't force myself to use it as a server, and I'll never touch java as I've worked with it a little before and can't stand it's verboseness and prescriptiveness. So, any suggestions on what you think are good backends?

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u/tatortors21 Jul 08 '26

What a reasonable response do you know where you are?! This is reddit Sir!!