If "PHP" is considered to be a "bad" language by many developers, why is it still big in the job market?

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I really don't know from where this myth introduced ? I'm a software engineer still working in PHP and earning good amount. Even though there are many popular web techs also introduced in industry like Node.js but yes, PHP still exists. It doesn't seem to be stopped in upcoming years as well. It's not...
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I really don't know from where this myth introduced ? I'm a software engineer still working in PHP and earning good amount. Even though there are many popular web techs also introduced in industry like Node.js but yes, PHP still exists. It doesn't seem to be stopped in upcoming years as well. It's not "bad" language. read less
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PHP is not a bad language. Comparatively it may not be as powerful and secure as Java,But it is the simplest programming language than any other language and web applications can be easily developed using PHP.
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Small companies are mostly preferred to use PHP since website easily created. Customers for these companies are not too much curious about Security, Logging, Authorizations, Build Process, Industrial Design Patterns or many more which is always a preference for Big Companies. JAVA / .NET such technologies...
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Small companies are mostly preferred to use PHP since website easily created. Customers for these companies are not too much curious about Security, Logging, Authorizations, Build Process, Industrial Design Patterns or many more which is always a preference for Big Companies. JAVA / .NET such technologies providing these cross cutting concerns as per Industry Convention. That's why Big companies mostly preferred to use JAVA / .NET. For salary point of view, Big companies are paying more than Small companies. For Growth point of view, we are better more better growth in Big Companies. For Job market point of view, JAVA market is still 2 times more than PHP. You can self search it on any of Job portal. read less
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Well, Good or bad. 82.9% of web is php. 26% websites powered by WordPress and almost 20% eCommerce space is filled with php based cms like magento/opencart/prestashop. https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php/5/all There are very power frameworks like zend, laravel, cakephp, codeignighter with...
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Well, Good or bad. 82.9% of web is php. 26% websites powered by WordPress and almost 20% eCommerce space is filled with php based cms like magento/opencart/prestashop. https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php/5/all There are very power frameworks like zend, laravel, cakephp, codeignighter with bundles of library and huge community for php. If there is huge demand for a bad language then i am happy to learn it and make some bucks. read less
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