Php 5 3 Adoption

PHP 5.3 Adoption

Stuart [email protected]

blog.stuartherbert.com/php/

Contents

• Approach Used

• Responses Gathered

• What Does It Mean?

• What Can We Do About It?

Contents

• Approach Used

Contents

• Approach Used

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• Approach Used

Approach

Method

• Questions asked to the online PHP community - blog and twitter

• Answers gathered via twtpoll

• Before / after questions to gauge intent vs action

• Analysis to compare intent vs action

Method

The Questions

• When will you be moving to PHP 5.3?

• What server o/s will you use PHP 5.3 on?

• Where will you get your PHP 5.3 from?

• Have you adopted PHP 5.3 yet?

The Questions

The Limitations

• Different responders from survey to survey

• No quality control over how responders understood the questions

• No data on demographics of responders

• No quality control over whether responders are decision makers or not

The Limitations

The Responses

The Questions

5%5%8%

17%17%

20%Not until $distro ships binary packagesWithin 3 months of releaseWithin 6 months of releaseAs soon as it comes outWhen $hostingCompany supports itNot until we have toNot until $customer needs itPHP 5.3 isn’t very interesting for me

810 votes cast

The Questions

Where?

1%2%2%2%2%3%5%

DebianUbuntu ServerWhatever $hostingCompany providesRedHat / CentOS / FedoraSolaris / OpenSolarisOther LinuxOtherWhatever $customer choosesOS X Leopard ServerWindows Server 2008Other WindowsWindows Server 2003

514 votes cast

The Questions

1%4%5%6%

Binary packages from $distroBuild from sourceWindows binary packages from php.netBinary packages from Zend$hostingCompany handles thisOtherI don’t need no stinkin’ PHP 5.3

387 votes cast

The Questions

But Did You? :)

1%2%3%6%7%

My $distro doesn’t support it yetI tried, but it wasn’t ready for production useWaiting for PHP 5.3.1PHP 5.2 is just fine, thanksYes ... and I’m loving it!My $hostingCompany doesn’t support it yetOtherMy $customer cannot host it yet

An amazing 1330 votes cast

What Does It Mean?

Before Release: When

Adopting within 6 months

Waiting for someone to supply it

Waiting until they have to

0 12 24 36 48 60

Percentage

Before Release: Where

Debian / Ubuntu

RedHat

Solaris

Chosen for them

Windows Server

0 10 20 30 40 50

Percentage

Before Release: How

Linux distros

Build for themselves

Demand on Windows

Deployed on Windows

Zend has room to grow

0 10 20 30 40 50

Approx Percentage

After Release

Haven’t tried PHP 5.3 yet

Tried PHP 5.3 but not happy

Adopted PHP 5.3

0 17.5 35.0 52.5 70.0

Percentage

After Release

Cannot Adopt Yet

Will Not Adopt Yet

0 20 40 60 80

Percentage

Summary

• Debian / Ubuntu the dominant platform

• Most developers wait for someone to provide them with working binary packages

• Vast majority cannot or will not adopt quickly

• Many of those who did adopt not happy

What Have We Learned?

What Else Have We Learned?

• Hosting companies and customer choices only affect a small number of developers (4% of actual deployments)

• Windows Server not yet an important platform for developers (3% of deployments)

• Zend has surprisingly small market share (6% of planned deployments)

• Are these opportunities, or a wake-up call?

What Can We Do About It?• Official PHP.net binaries might drive earlier

adoption of new releases

• Better understanding of early adopter issues would reduce the rejection rate in future

• Does the .0 release need to be released sooner, to gain wider testing than QA releases do?

• Get the .1 release out and into the hands of users sooner to drive the second wave of adopters

Thank You For Reading

Stuart [email protected]

blog.stuartherbert.com/php/

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