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Why does it seem all forums are PHP based? Is "making a forum" the Hello World of PHP? Are there even any good non-PHP forums?
by seiji 17y ago
Why does it seem all forums are PHP based? Is "making a forum" the Hello World of PHP?
Are there even any good non-PHP forums?
- cookiecaper 17y agoForums are PHP-based because everyone supports PHP deployment. Most people who are going to run forum software don't have a lot of money for sophisticated setups, or even a simple VPS, so you're generally stuck with whatever your shared host provides. Very few shared hosts provide support for anything besides PHP. PHP, for all of its troubles, is still the easiest, cheapest, and fastest to deploy, and for that reason will keep a strong foothold until something matches or beats it in that area.