> There's nothing that PHP is very good at that Python, Ruby, Perl or C# can't do nearly as well. That is a little bit of an overstatement. Php is good at a lo

> There's nothing that PHP is very good at that Python, Ruby, Perl or C# can't do nearly as well. That is a little bit of an overstatement. Php is good at a lot of things that others aren't. Most of all ease of use and deployment. It MAY also be faster than other languages in certain circumstances. Example [1]. All in all, choose what you are comfortable with and what you feel is right for the job. [1] http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=python&lang2=php http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?te...