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>There's nothing that PHP is very good at that Python, Ruby, Perl or C# can't do nearly as well. That's why it attracts so much criticism. PHP does have a very
by bliti 13y ago
>There's nothing that PHP is very good at that Python, Ruby, Perl or C# can't do nearly as well. That's why it attracts so much criticism.
PHP does have a very important thing going for it. Its super easy to throw in a PHP script on s cheap webhost. No configuration needed, and if you need database access, there are many libraries that are simply a file drop, and include_once away.
Sure, its not perfect. But no language is.
- astrodust 13y agoIf all you have is FTP, which is basically the fax machine of the internet, then yeah, PHP is easier to "deploy". For anything more serious you'll need a deployment tool. It's nice that Python (fab) and Ruby (cap) have native deployment platforms with robust command-line tools and version control integration. That, to me, makes them far easier.