Why is PHP so annoying?

[minihoot]

I feel like with PHP, after a single update a LOT of code breaks. It's pretty frustrating.

[wolstech]

PHP is not designed to be backwards compatible between major versions, and even minor versions in some cases.

If an application was written for 5.6, the likelihood it'll run on 7 or 8 is nearly zero. A 7.1 app may run on 7.2 or 7.3, but not always,  and it's not likely to work on 8.x.

This is the reason we offer so many versions of PHP. I still use tons of stuff that runs on 5.6 myself...

[minihoot]

1 hour ago, wolstech said:

PHP is not designed to be backwards compatible between major versions, and even minor versions in some cases.

If an application was written for 5.6, the likelihood it'll run on 7 or 8 is nearly zero. A 7.1 app may run on 7.2 or 7.3, but not always,  and it's not likely to work on 8.x.

This is the reason we offer so many versions of PHP. I still use tons of stuff that runs on 5.6 myself...

yeah, like basically  all my sites use php 7.2