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Usage statistics of PHP for websites

This report shows 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 78.9% of all the websites whose server-side programming language we know.





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Versions of PHP

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

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Version 7 is used by 56.1% of all the websites who use PHP.

Version 7 56.1% Version 5 43.6% Version 4 0.3% Version 3 less than 0.1% W3Techs.com, 22 September 2020 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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