Techno Infonet

For the past 25 years, many programming languages have come and gone but PHP remains the most popular programming language which is widely used for web development projects. Approximately 80% of the websites use PHP as their server-side language. Listed below are some of the leading organizations that have developed their website using PHP and set an example through their success in their respective domain.

For the past 25 years, many programming languages have come and gone but PHP remains the most popular programming language which is widely used for web development projects. Approximately 80% of the websites use PHP as their server-side language. Listed below are some of the leading organizations that have developed their website using PHP and set an example through their success in their respective domain.

Top 7 global websites that uses PHP

  1. Facebook:

The social networking platform that revolutionized the social media industry was originally developed in PHP. Through PHP Facebook has been able to deliver a huge amount of user-created content to its millions of users every day.

  1. Wikipedia:

Wikipedia which is considered to be one of the most visited and popular open-source, public information sites is backed up by the power of PHP. All the benefits provided by PHP including its flexibility have surely been the source of its critical acclaim.

  1. WordPress:

WordPress is a PHP and MySQL-based open-source CMS mostly known for supporting blogs and business websites. With the help of PHP WordPress is known to fetch data and interact with databases.

  1. MailChimp:

The most widely used email marketing service known for simplifying the process of creating email templates and sending them to millions of contacts is known to use PHP. Mailchimp is powered by the use of scalable PHP databases in the backend.

  1. iStock Photo:

iStock Photo is used by bloggers, businessmen, and students for finding various kinds of illustrations and images. PHP has helped iStock in remaining highly responsive and deliver a top-notch user experience.

  1. Tumblr:

The microblogging site and social networking platform, Tumbler has generated over 300 million blogs and 550 million monthly visitors. After it transitioned to PHP7, it has successfully introduced new language features, including scalar type hints and return type declarations.

  1. Slack:

Considered to be one of the most reliable team-communications applications by the majority of the startups, Slack is known to be using PHP for its backend. This has resulted in improved efficiency while speeding up the web request time and minimizing program errors.