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Usage statistics of PHP for websites

These diagrams show the usage statistics of PHP as server-side programming language on the web. See technologies overview for explanations on the methodologies used in the surveys. Our reports are updated daily.

PHP is used by 74.2% 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 8 is used by 45.6% of all the websites who use PHP.

Historical trend

This diagram shows the historical trend in the percentage of websites using PHP.
Our dedicated trend survey shows more server-side languages usage trends.

You can find growth rates of PHP compared to all other server-side programming languages in our PHP market report.

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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Popular sites using PHP

• Microsoft.com
• Facebook.com
• Wikipedia.org
• Wordpress.org
• Digicert.com
• Vimeo.com
• Nih.gov
• Wordpress.com
• Forbes.com
• Mozilla.org

Random selection of sites using PHP

• Recochoku.jp
• Gartic.com.br
• Fpb.pt
• City.sapporo.jp
• Avery.com

Sites using PHP only recently

• Forbes.com
• Protothema.gr
• Tjsp.jus.br
• Ca.gov
• Theverge.com

More examples of sites

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