rather than trying to hire developers for a dying language you should move to better tech

    aeka sure. As long as you are committed.
    Paying well and great php masters to learn from

      spacepirate lol PHP is not a dying language, what a bad take... I swear I've seen this "PHP is dying" nonsense for 20+ years now. Over 70% of websites use PHP including by some of the largest companies and popularity among developers has increased over the past few years as well so it's not going anywhere.

          Aerowen most of the web was built on php.. there are no arguments about that. its historical popularity doesnt automatically make it a good choice in 2023 though. the landscape has changed and php peaked a long time ago. it became the most popular popular language for the web because it was free/accessible, easy to learn, and there were no better alternatives at the time. also because php was the scripting language used by wordpress which is used by most basic websites (the vast majority of the web).

          and php is not increasing in popularity as you claim.. quite the opposite. the reality is php is dying a slow death. for very good reason too. its fundamentally a poorly designed language thats disgusting to use. no one with even an ounce of talent wants to work with it anymore.

          if you want to hire dinosaur developers who never bothered to expand their skillsets or junior devs who dont know any better it could work. otherwise have fun trying to find talented people who want to use it.