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"According to W3Techs' data, PHP is used by 78.9% of all websites with a known server-side programming language." I am prepared for the downvotes here. But num
by ransom1538 5y ago
"According to W3Techs' data, PHP is used by 78.9% of all websites with a known server-side programming language."
I am prepared for the downvotes here. But numbers don't lie. PHP is the dominate language of sites that run. If they are up running I would surmise the business is up and running. Facebook is a great example of hacking something together with php. IMHO I think if Facebook started with java it wouldn't exist. It's so fast to just hackup a php script and rsync it.
- Zak 5y agoAccording to the same site, 43.2% of sites surveyed are running Wordpress. That's over half the PHP number, and I suspect much of the rest is running something open source that hasn't been significantly modified by the site operator. I just put up a site running Wordpress. Backend language was not a significant factor in selecting that software. Its ease of deployment on cheap shared hosting was certainly a factor in its initial success.