Indeed, PHP is part of that industry.
Some parts of the PHP eco-system are even leading the way, believe it or not.
Laravel is the best example for this,
with spin-offs in several other languages.
(Fair notice: many of the ideas in Laravel are not new, but borrowed/inspired from C#, rails and others)
Laravel is the best example for this, with spin-offs in several other languages. (Fair notice: many of the ideas in Laravel are not new, but borrowed/inspired from C#, rails and others)
* Node.js frameworks inspired by Laravel: http://www.adonisjs.com/, https://quorrajs.org/
* Python: http://www.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/about, https://github.com/aacanakin/glim
* Java: http://wings.loonydev.com/
and so on
In other news, the `trait` type was recently popularized by PHP and can now be found in many languages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trait_(computer_programming)