The future of PHP

[phplover]

PHP's next edition, Version PHP 6.0, include the new features and syntax improvements that will be make easier to use anyone from an object-oriented aspects,
The following features will be included in PHP6,

1. Imporved UNICode Supports
2. Web 2.0 features like SOAP, XML used widely.
3. magic_quotes , register_globals, register_long_arrays, safe_mode will be removed.
4. will be removed FreeType 1

That's it, so PHP 6 will be get more fast, reliable and comfortable to user.

[KreativJustin]

I've been reading up on PHP 6.0 heavily, not only about the features, but about peoples responses to the update. My favorite update, the C# style getters and setters

[caleen]

I too am following PHP 6.0, these features, from Unicode to core support for XML, make it even easier for you to write feature-filled PHP applications.

[Athlon]

It is definitely more secure and more in demand.

[symbyo soa]

OOP is the future. Best to learn the fundamentals of OOP and then learn the specifics as they apply to PHP.

[alemcherry]

Totally agree. Try and learn concepts like OOP rather than be attached to a language.

That said, PHP is already a very versatile and flexible and the features added continue to improve it.
So, I think its going to continue to have a bright future.

Learnign OOPS concept alone can be quite boring and may not give you the practical idea you need. Probably learn a completely oop langiage like java along with.

[PHPRight]

OOP is the future. Best to learn the fundamentals of OOP and then learn the specifics as they apply to PHP.

Agreed. OOP seems to be coming quickly the standard in professional PHP-based applications. Most all major commercial scripts rely on it heavily.

Regards

[juan_tomaz]

My bet is that PHP is still going strong for the next decade, and growing even stronger. There are lots of hyped up languages out there, but the hype will eventually cool off and people will then go back to where they come from. Remember Java? C developers who adopted Java have gone back to C. ColdFusion died off miserably despite the hype that it gets few years ago.

[aaronforlife]

Php, loosely based on C, is one of the most powerful languages of the web: it is going to stay here for many many years to come!
Like any other language, it evolves, and new functions/features are added regularly.

[ashely]

I’ve been working with PHP for several years, I’m a Zend Certified Engineer PHP 5.PHP is really cool, widely used. What makes it useful is more the community and the open source software it offers (ie. frameworks, cms, libs, etc.) rather than the language itself. Technically, PHP is not very good : not consistent, advanced features that other languages offer are not always bundled in. Anyway, it is fast enough to be used, even on big projects. A good point is that it is easy to learn, that’s why more and more people are learning it.