The difference between php and other languages

Today I saw talk about the replacement of PHP language. Based on Mr. Lan’s many years of training experience, he believes that no language is irreplaceable. Knowledge depends on which language is suitable for development. Which language runs faster and costs less.

PHP (PHP: abbreviation of Hypertext Preprocessor, Chinese name: "Hypertext Preprocessor") is a general open source scripting language. The syntax absorbs the characteristics of C language, Java and Perl, has a low entry threshold, is easy to learn, and is widely used. It is mainly suitable for the field of Web development. The file extension of PHP is php.

Open source code, all PHP source code is actually available.

Freeness, compared with other technologies, PHP itself is free and open source code.

Quickness, program development is fast, running is fast, and the technology itself is learned quickly. Embedded in HTML: Because PHP can be embedded in the HTML language, it is comparable to other languages. Editing is simple, practical, and more suitable for beginners.

Strongly cross-platform, since PHP is a script that runs on the server side, it can run under UNIX, LINUX, WINDOWS, and Mac OS.

Professional and focused, PHP supports mainly scripting languages, both of which are C-like languages.

High efficiency PHP consumes relatively few system resources.

Object-oriented, in php4 and php5, object-oriented aspects have been greatly improved, and php can be used to develop large-scale commercial programs.

Image processing, use PHP to dynamically create images, PHP image processing uses GD2 by default. And can also be configured to use image magick for image processing

Python: Almost the same as PHP, but the Python 2 and 3 versions are seriously split. In addition, many important libraries are provided by third parties. Unlike PHP's standard extension libraries, all of which have been integrated, you need to find them yourself.

Java: has advantages in e-commerce, finance, enterprise software and other fields. As dominant as PHP is in the web field. Compared with Java and PHP, PHP has a wider application range and Java is more rigorous.

Ruby: The ROR framework is very suitable for web development. Many PHP frameworks are learned from Rails. Many startups in the United States are using Ruby, such as Twitter. The biggest problem we face is that PHP has already occupied the market, and it is difficult to promote Ruby.

Node.js: The asynchronous callback mode is not suitable for writing complex functional code and cannot be used for large-scale projects.

Go: It is very popular recently, with powerful functions such as coroutines and channels, and static compilation. But it is essentially a static language, and the development efficiency and flexibility are not very good. Therefore, the applicable scenario of GO is to replace C/C to develop underlying software.

C#: Microsoft products can only run under Windows. Nowadays, most IT companies' servers are based on the Linux platform.

C/C: The learning cost is high and the development efficiency is low. It cannot replace PHP. Only companies like BAT will use C for web development. Mainly the underlying software.

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