PHP is more alive than ever
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Claims that more than 50% of the internet still runs on PHP and that activity spikes around PHP 8.5, with a measurable surge in contributions. Notes concrete touchpoints: patch merges into Symfony and Laravel, ongoing maintenance in WordPress and Drupal, and compatibility fixes landing for major e-commerce stacks. Emphasizes numbers (8.5, >50%) and actual merges and backports as evidence that ecosystem work is happening and succeeding.
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