PHP
Every number here is named for what it counts. How each one is measured is on the methodology page.
Fig. 1PHP's share of Hacker News and Lobsters stories, by month
PHP%
Distinct stories naming the tool, as a percentage of all stories naming any tracked tool. Complete months only.
Fig. 2New GitHub repos a week: php
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Each week's median of the daily snapshots, so one glitched snapshot cannot move the line. Complete weeks only.
Job ads naming it, by week
Postings in Adzuna's UK IT feed and on RemoteOK whose title or description names PHP. Small counts: read the direction, not the rate.
- 10 Aug 3
- 17 Aug 5
- 24 Aug 1
- 31 Aug 1
- 7 Sept 3
- 14 Sept 3
- 21 Sept 1
- 28 Sept 2
- 5 Oct 7
- 12 Oct 3
- 19 Oct 2
- 26 Oct 5
Biggest stories, last 90 days
- Upcoming critical PHP security release (CVE-2026-109618 / -109619)1.5K pts · 619 comments · 20 Oct
- PHP 8.2.351.1K pts · 577 comments · 21 Oct
- Today's PHP security release, and how we're strengthening security809 pts · 398 comments · 21 Oct
- Tell HN: I unknowingly broke the PHP RCE embargo. I am sorry753 pts · 269 comments · 22 Oct
- There isn't an easy exploit for this PHP vulnerability628 pts · 463 comments · 21 Oct
- PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE in PHP450 pts · 184 comments · 21 Oct
- My temporary PHP fix from 2014 has nearly 20M installs. Today I'm deprecating it334 pts · 102 comments · 15 Sept
- Tell HN: 2x PHP RCE CVEs with CVSS 10.0 Incoming304 pts · 63 comments · 20 Oct
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