Shawn Hooper (he/him)<p>The PHP programming language turns 30 today. </p><p>It was one of the earliest programming languages I learned (after Perl) and the one I’ve use for the longest. </p><p>From WordPress, which employed me and powered a speaking a teaching part of my life, to Laravel which is the base of most of my projects now, PHP has been a huge part of my career and hobbiest web development. </p><p>Through those projects, I’ve made many long lasting friendships. </p><p>Happy Birthday PHP!</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/30yearsofphp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>30yearsofphp</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/php" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>php</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordpress</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/laravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laravel</span></a></p>