Why PHP is popular?

Maxoq · Jun 24, 2017

Hi, there are many scripting languages but generally most web application made using PHP, why?

VirtuBox · Jun 24, 2017

PHP is the most popular language but it's also one of the oldest language. With MySQL it provide all features required to build to complete web application.
But there are several new languages like NodeJS which are optimized for web applications. But it still require more configuration than a LAMP/LEMP stack.

mobin · Jun 25, 2017

I am not a developer, but I guess following are few points,

1. It's released in 1994 - at that time not much languages to develop web applications were available or those weren't easy.
2. It's more targeted tor web development and/or server side scripting, which took attention from targeted audience.
3. It's super easy to learn PHP and the basic syntax is easy to learn/write/read
4. More detailed documentation and user base
5. The development community still keeping their pace and release new versions with exciting features
6. It is easy to deploy the server infrastructure for PHP based web applications
7. May be many more points...

That said, people are tend to move to the new gen languages like Python, NodeJS, Ruby, etc to build new web applications which demands more advanced processing. But as far as I can see, people with advanced knowledge are trying them yet!

Maria_C · Jun 27, 2017

Php is popular because of its ease of use by developers. One can start from zero and be able to create meaningful products with php. Though it teaches developers some weird things if one is not proficient in programming. And secondly, a lot of businesses use it nowadays.

CaygriWEB · Jul 4, 2017

because it's similar to html and it's very easy and old..

CaygriWEB · Jul 5, 2017

some sintax in common not more..

Floxera-Jose · Jul 5, 2017

I remember learn php, pascal, C++ in the early middle 90's... ohhh god. Getting old! :|

tom93 · Jul 6, 2017

I think it's easy to learn, and if you learn PHP, you can work well with java and other language

DeguWeb · Jul 7, 2017

I find it is easy to extend, for example I can use Wordpress and add some custom PHP or if there is something I don't understand, I can always easily find another PHP developer to assist me.

openhosting · Jul 8, 2017

PHP is kinda easy to learn and understand in my opinion and has lots of support and tips/tricks on the net when I get stuck on something.

overcast · Jul 13, 2017

I think one important part about PHP is that it is very easy to deploy. For example, if you are on Apache or other PHP based server then you can see that just by keeping your php files in the htdocs or on host index_html directory you can start hosting pages. In case of Ruby, Javascript and others, such copy pasting alone may not suffice. You may have to start the language specific server as well. That's why a lot of simple apps and the services are PHP based. Not to say you can make php complex and harder to deploy with Laravel and others, but for the sake of simplicity, you can do deployment lot easier.

CaygriWEB · Jul 23, 2017

it's very simple definition of both of language!

Take a look on wikipedia to have a complete definition about both language

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)

jemuelterrado · Sep 3, 2017

PHP is popular because all of its codes is applicable to most of programming languages. One thing makes it more popular is that its user friendly features. The Codes of PHP is much simplier than the other langauges. You should be aware that facebook, Wikipedia and any wordpress powered blogs are build up with PHP languages.

jason223 · Sep 5, 2017

I think why PHP is popular is, it is one of the most oldest programming language. PHP is very flexible language, you can use it to develop many programs like web application, websites and others. It is also easy to learn and use. I remember when I was in 3rd year college, I have web programming subject and my professor start to teach us PHP. I start to learn this language easily and I loved it. Then that's the start of my journey on developing websites using PHP.

flamehotter10 · Sep 6, 2017

PHP boasts Simplicity
With PHP, coding is like writing an essay in English for a computer to read, except the essay is a piece of code that instructs it to create and run websites in the most efficient manner possible. Creating a code in PHP is simple, and though you'll hear some developers complaining that this does not build the necessary coding habits that streamlines (read standardizes) coding, it allows the code to be highly personalized (and hence easier to protect).

hostproton · Sep 26, 2017

The public has been asking for this over the years, leaving behind the HTML, the static. It requires functions and as you have commented here, WordPress and any CMS (known) works with PHP.

To the hosting providers, we had better adapt our infrastructure to give the best service to customers, because PHP requires more resources

24x7serverman · Sep 27, 2017

For the web development PHP is the best which runs on the Linux, UNIX and Windows platform. It has the simple syntax which programmer can easily learn. Large databases can be handled by the PHP. It can run the complex web applications too.

Bugs can be quickly find and fixed in the PHP.

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