Re: PHP 8 release announcement page on php.net

On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 at 00:56, tyson andre <tysonandre775@hotmail.com> wrote: > There's two main options available for testing out php in a browser right > now: > > - A general sandboxed php implementation hosted by the owners of php.net > (requires that it be secured and may lead to additional hosting costs), > https://3v4l.org/ (not open source > https://3v4l.org/about - but similar > to what I was thinking of) > or https://psalm.dev/ (open source) are projects in that area > (Matthew Brown is one of the authors of Psalm) > - A WebAssembly solution, e.g. https://phan.github.io/demo/ > (forked from > https://oraoto.github.io/pib/) > (I'm one of the maintainers of Phan) > Add repl.it to the list: a couple of releases behind, but works very well in my experience for testing. https://repl.it/languages/php_cli On the page: a big +1 from me. PHP needs some marketing, and I would like the content to address the objections from naysayers online who start by saying "I haven't used PHP since PHP 4/5 and I wouldn't use it because..." Can any firms that support PHP donate a copywriter or marketing executive to help? Peter