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PHP isn't serverless in the same way a lambda function is at all. You still need to host something that responds to HTTP requests and passes them along appropri
by debaserab2 9y ago
PHP isn't serverless in the same way a lambda function is at all. You still need to host something that responds to HTTP requests and passes them along appropriately to PHP. Just because it has a share nothing model doesn't mean you don't need to provision servers. You still need to do 90% of the work.
- joshribakoff 9y agoI think he meant you can easily find $5 "unlimited" php web hosts. So for all intents and purposes it's serverless as in you can use it on a shared web host, where you do not have to manage the server because the hosting company does it. Not that it's literally serverless. Even lambda uses servers obviously. They just abstract it away which is what he meant. Clearly all cloud offerings are backed by servers, it's just abstracted away to varying degrees
- cutler 9y agoFor $5 a month you can get a Linode VPS with 1GM RAM. After the one-off learning curve of Docker you can image these servers and get much more for your money than what any shared hosting provider has to offer. Better still, you're not tied to PHP either.
- Can_Not 9y agoYou're missing the point. The shared PHP host can be $5-$20 per year and handle bursts in excess of 1GB (assuming you're not grossly oversold, which is also common in VPSs).