What differentiates PHP-based sites from sites developed with competing web programming technologies?
Following are some key differences: • PHP provides consistent support for new and existing technologies frequently used in web development. Indeed, PHP is the Switzerland of web development tools—that is, PHP doesn’t provide lop-sided support for one company’s technologies to the detriment of others. • PHP invites extensibility. It’s very easy for developers to add new modules to the core engine. • PHP enjoys widespread programming community support (read: lots of free third-party scripts, classes, libraries, frameworks, tools, etc.). • Contrary to what you may hear from Microsoft, PHP is the most popular technology on the Internet for building dynamic web applications. • Java scales up very well, but PHP scales down better. If you’re trying to run on a budget where you can’t add a ton of servers or you’re limited to aging hardware, Java will not scale to that environment very well. However, PHP can do quite well there. Also consider what a startup company might use in creating their i
