B
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77.5%
77.5% -- share of websites using php server side for PHP (2026)
77.5% of all websites running online use PHP for server-side programming.
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77.5%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
bigohtech.com
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Tier C
https://bigohtech.com/blog/programming-language-for-custom-software-development ↗
Source Article
Top 10 Programming Languages for Custom Software Development
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bigohtech.com
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PHP: 77.5% share of websites using php server side. Source: bigohtech.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/php-server-side-website-share
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