Usage statistics and market share of PHP for websites

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This report shows the usage statistics and market share data of PHP on the web. See technologies overview for explanations on the methodologies used in the surveys. Our reports are updated daily.

PHP is used by 81.8% of all the websites whose server-side programming language we know.

Versions of PHP

This diagram shows the percentages of websites using various versions of PHP.

How to read the diagram:
Version 5 is used by 97.5% of all the websites who use PHP.

97.5%

1.5%

1.1%

less than 0.1%

W3Techs.com, 29 September 2016

Percentages of websites using various versions of PHP

Historical trend

This diagram shows the historical trend in the percentage of websites using PHP.
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Market position

This diagram shows the market position of PHP in terms of popularity and traffic compared to the most popular server-side programming languages.
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Market position of PHP

Popular sites using PHP

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PHP
Category: Server-side Programming Languages
PHP is a popular scripting language for creating web pages.
Website: php.net

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