PHP 5 adoption statistics
June 6th, 2006
Chris Shiflett has some statistics on the adoption of PHP 5 and other versions of PHP.
- PHP 4.4.2 will become the dominant version during June 2006.
- PHP 5.1.2 is now the dominant PHP 5 version.
- PHP 5 rises to 8%, and raises its adoption speed again.
- PHP 4.3.9 and older keep a marketshare of 46% this month.
There are tons of statistics and graphs on PHP usage and usage evolution on Nexen.
It seems like many people are jumping from PHP 4 straight to PHP 5.1.
Since PHP 5 adoption is getting a bit faster, it may not be long until it’s possible to use PHP 5 code in a mainstream script without worrying too much about compatibility with people on PHP 4.
The adoption of PHP 5 so far has been disappointing considering it’s been out for quite a while but I think it should be expected as many users had got used to PHP 4’s shortcomings and PHP 5 doesn’t really contain anything revolutionary.
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