Not since Typescript. Classes and data types are still second class in php.
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Well, PHP 8 is okay.
PHP is a nice frontend for MySQL, and they have Doctrine and stuff.
My old company was using Angular JS and REACT TS, with PHP and MySQL in the backend.
I thought angular was the shit… like ten years ago. Lol. Srsly. It WAS. 😂
It was pretty awesome.
Everything was pretty awesome... at some point.
I remember getting excited about e-mail and HTML. It was also pretty awesome.
And Wordpress! Woo hoo!
Wtf. Wordpress. Wish I could forget.
We run an October CMS for our church. Actually sorta fun.
Also, PHP+MySQL.
Solid bones, that php+MySQL. We are the privileged few who get to build at the edge.
Oh yes, and we deployed in milliseconds using Ctrl+S in the Notepad++ FTP plugin!
Notepad++ is so underrated.
It was a huge step up from programming in Notepad.
