Why Learn PHP?

Three practical reasons PHP remains one of the most widely deployed server-side languages:

• It runs a huge share of the web — a large percentage of all websites use PHP somewhere in their stack, from WordPress to custom applications.
• Laravel and Symfony — two mature, widely-used frameworks make PHP a productive choice for building real backend applications quickly.
• Low barrier to entry, room to grow — a PHP script can be as simple as one echo line, but the language has grown to support strict typing, enums, attributes, and everything a modern backend needs.