A World Without PHP
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A WORLD WITHOUT PHP@BENMARKS • #SUNPHP17• MIAMI, FL • 04 FEB 2017
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(SCENE: SWITZERLAND, 2015.)
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Mmm, fondue.How did I gethere?
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(SCENE: WEB DEV, 1996)
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Credit: Jud Dagnallhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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“I WAS LURKING ONE DAY ON USENET PERL FORUMS WHEN I SAW AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE RELEASE OF PHP 2.0/FI,
THE FIRST TRULY PUBLIC VERSION OF PHP. I WAS GROWING WEARY OF TRYING TO GET PERL WORKING VIA CGI AND FELL IN
LOVE IMMEDIATELY WITH HOW SIMPLE AND FAULT-TOLERANT MOD_PHP WITH APACHE WAS COMPARED TO CGI HELL.”
IN 1996, THEY DIDN'T HAVE SITES LIKE REDDIT [OR] GOOGLE WHEN I FIRST LEARNED PHP... PHP.NET'S SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY BARELY WORKED. I DON'T REMEMBER… ANY REAL DOCUMENTATION UNTIL AFTER PHP 4 CAME OUT IN MID-2000.
THERE WASN'T A SINGLE PHP IDE FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS, AND PHP DID NOT HAVE DEBUGGING SUPPORT AT ALL.
- /u/hopeseekr (reddit)https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/whc4r/history_lesson_what_php_coding_was_like_in_1996/
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THIS IS WHAT DYNAMIC WEB DEV LOOKED LIKE FOR A LOT OF US IN THE MID- TO
LATE 90S.
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EVEN IN THE LATE NINETIES, WEB DEV WASN’T A MONOGLOT PURSUIT:
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http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/07/a-history-of-the-dynamic-web/
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(SCENE: TWITTER, 2016.)
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PHP: Old enough to drink in the
USA!
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“IF I DIDN’T START IT, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE.”
- Rasmus Lerdorf, 2016
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“WHAT IF ‘THEY’ DIDN’T? WHAT IF NO ONE DID?”
- Me, 2016
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WITHOUT PHP…WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WEB?
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WITHOUT PHP…WHAT HAPPENS TO US?
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(SCENE: CA. 2004, 2 YEARS POST-DOTCOM BOMB)
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BY THIS POINT ON THE NORMAL TIMELINE:
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…FUTURE KEYNOTIANS HAVE DISCOVERED PROGRAMMING…
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…THERE HAD BEEN ~60,000 INTERNALS MESSAGES…
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…THE PHP-FI PARSER HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE OVER BY ZEEV ZURASKI AND ANDI
GUTMANS…
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…AND PHP REACHED VERSION 4, WHILE GROWING A CLIMATE OF CONTRIBUTORS
AND SPAWNING MANY LARGE COMMUNITY PROJECTS:
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Credit: Nohathttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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(BUT NONE OF THIS HAPPENED, REMEMBER?)
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ALL OF THESE WARES AND ALL OF THEIR COMMUNITIES NEVER EXISTED.
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SO. WHAT’S THE BEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION TO FIGURE OUT AN
ALTERNATE HISTORY?
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NOPE, NO WIKIPEDIA.
WIKIPEDIA RUNS WIKIMEDIA…
A PHP PROJECT.
Credit: Nohathttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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THAT’S RIGHT, THE SIXTH MOST-USED WEBSITE IN 2016 FOUNDED IN 2001 &
RELIES ON PHP.
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WELL, NO MATTER. WE’LL CHECK…
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ERR, WELL, MUCH OF YAHOO! TECH ISPHP-BASED.
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OKAY THEN, WE’LL JUST CHECK OTHER SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS.
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HMM.
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THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE CONTENT WHICH DOESN’T EXIST:
http://www.php.net/usage.php
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BETTER GO POST ABOUT THIS ON…
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(YEP, NO FACEBOOK.)
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OF COURSE, I’M OUT OF TIME TO POST. I’LL DO THAT AFTER MY BARTENDING SHIFT…
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…WHICH I STILL HAVE BECAUSE I’M NOT PART OF THE $100B IN PHP-ENABLED DIGITAL COMMERCE WHICH EXISTS IN
ANOTHER TIMELINE.
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WOULD ANY OF THESE LANGUAGES HAVE TAKEN ON THE ROLE OF PHP?
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WOULD THE HOLE LEFT BY PHP’S ABSENCE HAVE BEEN FILLED?
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GETTING A PICTURE OF THE CAPACITY OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES OVER TIME IS DIFFICULT.
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SO, TIME FOR SOME INFORMED CONJECTURE.
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http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
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http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html
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http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html
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http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html
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http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html
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http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html
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WHAT DO THESE STATISTICS SHOW?
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OBJECTIVE DATA ON THIS SUBJECT IS HARD TO COME BY.
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THE PREVIOUS GRAPHS ARE OF INDIRECT DATA.
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BUT THEY DEMONSTRATE SHIFTS OVER TIME, SHIFTS WHICH DIFFER IN DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS.
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REPRESENTATIVE DATA IS MUCH EASIER TO COME BY IN RECENT YEARS:
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THERE’S A CLEAR MOVE TOWARDS JAVASCRIPT… NOW.
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THE EVOLUTION OF JS DOESN’T PROVIDE FOR A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR PHP.
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BUT ANOTHER PROJECT DOES: PYTHON
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✓ SOLE CREATOR / BDFL (GUIDO VAN ROSSUM) ✓ OPEN SOURCE ✓ MID-90’S START ✓ CORPORATE SPONSOR (ZOPE) ✓ STANDARD LIBRARY ✓ PACKAGE REPOSITORY ✓ PERSISTENT INTEREST FOR 20+ YEARS ✓ COMMUNITY-ORIENTED
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✓ COMMUNITY-ORIENTED
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COMMUNITY IS KEY.
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IT’S NOT THE ONLY THING, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT.
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A STRONG COMMUNITY CAN DRIVE A GOOD LANGUAGE FORWARD, CREATING MARKETS.
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WE’VE SEEN THIS WITH FRAMEWORKS IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES AS WELL.
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THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT PHP’S ABILITY TO ENABLE GREAT DEVELOPERS TO DO
GREAT THINGS…
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…EVEN GREAT DEVELOPERS WHO DON’T YET KNOW THEY ARE GREAT.
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FROM THE RISE OF EZ PUBLISHER, WORDPRESS, PRADO…
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…TO THE RISE OF SYMFONY, DRUPAL, ZEND FRAMEWORK, LARAVEL, MAGENTO,
AND SO MANY OTHER FRAMEWORKS…
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…THE CONSTANT IS HUMAN INTERACTION, ENABLED AROUND A LANGUAGE BUILT BY
HUMAN INTERACTION.
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CURRENTLY WE INTERACT THROUGH COMPOSER, WITH THE BENEFIT OF PSRS
FROM FIG.
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FIG WAS HAVING A FUN GO OF THINGS RECENTLY. BUT I’M NOT WORRIED. THINGS
WORKED OUT AS THEY SHOULD.
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TECH ALONE DOESN’T MAKE THE MARKET, AND CERTAINLY DOESN’T ENSURE GROWTH
AND LONGEVITY.
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COMMUNITY DOES.
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OUR LIVES, OUR CAREERS, OUR PRESENCE HERE IS PROOF OF THAT.
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I HAVE A PIE CHART THAT PROVES IT.
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PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO…
…are a part of the PHP community
…aren’t a part of the PHP community
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CELEBRATE THIS. HONOR THIS. LEARN SOMETHING TODAY, TEACH SOMEONE TODAY.
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THE FUTURE OF PHP DEPENDS ON IT.
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