PHP

Created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995

Rank

Score

8.4—

Server-side scripting language for web development

Object-orientedProceduralFunctional

Key Statistics

Current Rank

Popularity Score

8.4

out of 100

First Released

1995

31 years ago

Created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995

Contribution by data source (Total: 8.4)

GitHub(20% weight)

17.2206.4%

Stack Overflow(20% weight)

26.9322.7%

Scores are weighted by importance: GitHub (20%), Stack Overflow (20%), Packages (15%), Google Trends (15%), Jobs (15%), Reddit (10%), Tutorials (5%)

Period	Rank	Score
Feb 2026Current	#8	8.4