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A Decade of PHP

Posted by Zonk on from the i'll-bring-the-cake dept.

digidave writes "It was slow to catch and a lot of people didn't get it. A lot of people still don't get it, but you can't argue with its success. June 8th, 2005 marks the tenth anniversary of PHP. Here's to ten more wonderful and exciting years."

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  1. Thanks for the career, PHP!! by ylikone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've made my living for the past 3 years as an independent PHP developer. I don't care what anybody thinks of PHP, it makes me money to live.

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    Meh.
  2. One of pillars of success: manual by Pecisk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, that simple thing which is overused for learning and coding pratices. In the times when you are have to look for good perl manual, PHP manual from the very begining was perfect. That's it. And second best thing came when they added those comments for user experience.

    So, in any way, PHP is such thing which just works.

    Congrats! :)

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  3. Re:PHP vs JSP by Frymaster · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I tried PHP, but I didn't feel it gave me the rigid OO structure and sophisticated APIs I get from Java, JSPs & Servlets.

    but procedural is a valid way to structure your apps... especially for web-based ones where that have, by nature, a page-based model and a very linear flow. you can write serious software using php4 without oop!

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  4. Success of PHP easy to understand by iJed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think it is obvious why PHP has become so popular:

    1. It is very easy to learn

    2. It is easy to use (unlike ASP.NET) and relatively simple

    3. The syntax is derived from C and perl

    4. It is free

  5. It's how you use it... by sherriw · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've been developing website backends in PHP for 3 years, and large enterprise-scale apps for the past 1 year. It's a common misconception that PHP isn't appropriate for large applications.

    It's all in how you use it. Do you hack together a bunch of pages with isolated scripts talking to html forms and databases in an ad-hoc manner? Or did you start with a solid application design model from the start and follow through with time-tested methodologies?

    PHP gets a bad rep because of the large number of inexperienced developers using it with poor results. I've developed full CRM and ERP apps with it including invoicing and ticketing systems that scale beautifully and are a dream to maintain. PHP is fast, free, and easy to use.

    It's the responsibility of the developers to use more mature practices when developing large apps- and to recognize the fact that small site admin areas often evolve into larger apps. Plan and design!