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Why PHP is Still Alive? Or Why Node Can't Kill It.

a year ago by TCB13 to c/webdev

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In the age of cutting-edge frameworks, microservices, container orchestration, and serverless functions, it's easy to assume that PHP is a relic of the past. Developers love to hate on it, and yet-somehow-PHP still powers a significant chunk of the web.

You may hate me for this, but this is what’s really going on. I love JS/TS and Node but the world is built in economies of scale not in love for programming languages… and PHP is the best when it comes to cheap scaling.

Really hope someone at Node decides to make it fast-cgi compatible in a nice way.

deur 6 points a year ago

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jyl 10 points a year ago

I wouldn't mind if both were killed and dumped in a rotten tomb.

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deur 2 points a year ago

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TCB13 2 points a year ago

Too late, JS will take over everything.

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TCB13 1 point a year ago

That's the point of the article, JS isn't as good or better just because it doesn't support a fast-cgi execution model.

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dotslashme 5 points a year ago

This is where PHP shines: the deployment model is dead simple. Write code > Deploy via FTP > You’re live.

Yeah, from any professional perspective, this is a completely fucked up way of working, even for any professional personal blog.

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TCB13 2 points a year ago

It is, but it is also what happens.

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