Why choose? You can pick up enough PHP or Python to be proficient in a day, each. Just learn enough to be able to read code in both and figure out which one you

Why choose? You can pick up enough PHP or Python to be proficient in a day, each. Just learn enough to be able to read code in both and figure out which one you want to be writing for the majority of the day. In the end, what's important is how comfortable you are writing code in that language. Large systems and sites have been created using both. Personally, I like Python more for both web and general programming, having used both.