PHP’s type system has improved (and continues to improve) by leaps and bounds. See my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24607891

Also the Laravel framework for PHP has the most Github stars of any server-side framework: https://twitter.com/denicmarko/status/1309714816290951168

Php is dying? Didnt know.

PHP is literally the only language banned in some major tech companies because of how dysfunctional it is.

PHP is quite weak in the U.S, I can only assume that's why you got the impression it's dying. In Europe it couldn't be more popular. I'm not here to "defend" PHP, I use Ruby, but living in the Netherlands you'd be amazed how many companies use it. Ruby is a very small niche here in comparison.

Huh, interesting! Laravel is much more popular than I would have expected given how few shops I see using it.