the devs are unwilling to take a stand they always say its a hobby project...octaex botnet farming and mercatox turned this coin into shit!
php is dead anyway...i quess we are stuck with the bag
You are incorrect about the relevancy of PHP. A quick google search of your question;
Is PHP still relevant as of 2019?
COBOL, a 1959 dinosaur language deployed on few tens of thousands installations is still relevant in 2019.
PHP is actively developed on 2019 and deployed on
several hundreds of millions installations.
Therefore even just the still widely used in many web apps is plenty enough to justify learning it.
Plus, PHP is so easy to learn and used everywhere that not knowing it is:
- a bad reference on your curriculum,
- like not knowing any shell or bash command. Sure, you can ignore those but it shows the moment you are assigned some simple tasks. Your boss will know. Your colleagues will know.
If you have specific questions on where the devs and community stand, join the discord.
For those curious to know more you can read the article here;
https://www.quora.com/Is-PHP-still-a-relevant-language-in-January-2019