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if you are getting shit done then that is all that matters - but it is hard to find a compelling reason to start with PHP these days unless 1. you are constrain
by whalesalad 4y ago
if you are getting shit done then that is all that matters - but it is hard to find a compelling reason to start with PHP these days unless 1. you are constrained to commodity godaddy-esque cpanel hosting or 2. you have an entire team of PHP devs.
- omnimus 4y agoThere is one main reason devs get into PHP. Content management systems. People here forget how many developers create content websites not products. PHP is pretty massive leader in CMSes. And i dont mean legacy stuff like Worpress. Most modern ones are essentialy light MVC framework with admin panel. Many are even based on Laravel. So by doing CMS dev you end up with pretty good skills with php+MVC. Why not use it for webapps?
- azeirah 4y agoI find Laravel a very compelling reason to start with PHP. If you start with Laravel today, you're most likely in a position to start with php 8.1 which has nearly none of the issues plaguing the earlier ones. Rails of course is a great alternative. Depending on your requirements, experience and preference etc you might choose that over Laravel given that from what I heard they're similar in productivity and features.