Is Wordpress Dropping PHP for JavaScript? - Lately in PHP podcast episode 66

By Manuel Lemos

WordPress announced the Calypso project which is a JavaScript based (Node.js, React.js) alternative to WP-Admin to administer Wordpress blogs. This fact raised concerns that WordPress may be dropping PHP for JavaScript.

That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 66 of the Lately in PHP podcast hangout.

They also commented about the final release of PHP 7.0, the results of the PHP 7 adoption survey, as well proposals for PHP 7.1 like the friend/package modifier, compiling PHP into opcode binary files, the immutable modifier, native annotations, using multiple CPU cores to accelerate PHP, and the PHP HashDOS security protection.

Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video to learn more about these interesting PHP topics.