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It is difficult to avoid the world cup yesterday. Since I’m not a football fan, but rather a PHP fan, I checked which technologies are in use for the national team. I got the list of the 32 national team, then checked they website. The great news is : PHP is a clear winner. Out of 32 teams, 18 uses PHP :

PHP world cup

Now, some other interesting fact : 50 % of the PHP website do display they version, using expose_php=On. The other web site makes a good job at hiding the information, but there are still some loophole, like robots.txt files, search page, 404 page or feed.php that leak the information.

In terms of version, there is room for improvement : PHP 5.2 to 5.4 is being used. Nigeria is the most advance football team in the wold, with 5.4.19. Netherlands is the least advanced, with 5.2.12…

php version world cup

Last, Drupal is used twice (by Spain and Ivory Coast), and WordPress once (by Costa Rica).

Full results :

 

Country Site Type Version
Nigeria http://www.nigeriafootballng.com PHP 5.4.19
Colombia http://www.fcf.com.co PHP 5.3.17
France http://www.fff.fr PHP 5.3.17
Chile http://www.anfp.cl PHP 5.3.16
Algeria http://www.faf.dz PHP 5.3.10
Russia http://www.rfs.ru/ PHP 5.3.6
Belgium http://www.belgianfootball.be PHP 5.2.17
Honduras http://www.fenafuth.org PHP 5.2.17
Netherlands http://www.knvb.nl PHP 5.2.12
Spain http://www.rfef.es PHP
Ivory Coast http://www.fif-ci.com PHP
Cameroon http://www.fecafoot-officiel.com PHP
Ecuador http://www.ecuafutbol.org PHP
Argentina http://www.afa.org.ar PHP
Bosnia http://www.nfsbih.ba PHP
Germany http://www.dfb.de PHP
Ghana http://www.ghanafa.org PHP
Costa Rica http://www.fedefutbol.com PHP
Australia http://www.footballaustralia.com.au Unknown
Brazil http://www.cbf.com.br Unknown
Japan http://www.jfa.jp Unknown
Croatia http://www.hns-cff.hr ASP.NET
England http://www.thefa.com/ ASP.NET
Greece http://www.epo.gr ASP.NET
Iran http://www.ffiri.ir ASP.NET
Mexico http://www.femexfut.org.mx ASP.NET
Portugal http://www.fpf.pt ASP.NET
South Korea http://www.kfa.or.kr ASP.NET
Switzerland http://www.football.ch ASP.NET
Uruguay http://www.auf.org.uy ASP.NET
USA http://www.ussoccer.com ASP.NET
Italy http://www.figc.it JSP