SMRTR ProgrammingFeb 17, 2025Daily.dev

The Top 100 PHP functions in 2024

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PHP's most popular functions focus on file operations, string manipulation, and array handling. The top three are file_exists() (used in 66% of projects), count() (64%, avg. 87 uses per project), and str_replace() (64%, avg. 51 uses). String and array functions dominate the list, with file and type-checking operations also common.

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