I know, I’m a day late… On June 8, 1995 Rasmus Lerdorf announced “Personal Home Page Tools (PHP Tools)” on a CGI usenet board (now converted to a Google Group). PHP quickly became a great way to make dynamic websites and it is still going strong today. I started using PHP in 2001 and I still turn to it for projects, including this website. Sure it has its quirks and bugs but it has been an evolving language that to this day has a loyal following.
New programming languages have been created and I am sure a lot of people have moved on to them (Node, Go, Rust, etc.) but PHP still drives a large chunk of the internet, something like 80 million websites. I have met a lot of friends because of the language including Chrispian, Patrick, Brad, Brandon, and many others at WordCamp events, or programming meetups. I am really thankful for those friendships.
Anyway, I’m happy for Rasmus Lerdorf and for the language.
I’m thankful to have you as a friend, so I’m thankful for PHP!