PHP doesn't require any libraries to build a simple website. I've yet to see any document that shows in great detail (more than a simple 1 chapter static page based site) how to build a website using Ruby or Python by itself. No libraries, frameworks (no Rails, no Django) or other external stuff, just plain old Ruby or Python. I think this combined with the fact it's very easy to learn, the ton of tools out there, ton of web apps make it a hard language to kill.
What really can be done? Should they make a new version that provides more consistant function names and break backwards incompatibility? I've yet to hear what people think should be done with PHP besides abandoning it.
That being said I don't think it should die, I think it has it's place. I'm not as smart as the rest of the folks on here, but for doing client sites, PHP gets the job done very fast.
What really can be done? Should they make a new version that provides more consistant function names and break backwards incompatibility? I've yet to hear what people think should be done with PHP besides abandoning it.
That being said I don't think it should die, I think it has it's place. I'm not as smart as the rest of the folks on here, but for doing client sites, PHP gets the job done very fast.