Author: Awais Farooq
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PHP 4
By the winter of 1998, shortly after PHP 3.0 was officially released, Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski had begun working on a rewrite of PHP’s core. The design goals were to improve performance of complex applications, and improve the modularity of PHP’s code base. Such applications were made possible by PHP 3.0’s new features and…
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PHP 3
PHP 3.0 was the first version that closely resembles PHP as it exists today. Finding PHP/FI 2.0 still inefficient and lacking features they needed to power an eCommerce application they were developing for a university project, Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski of Tel Aviv, Israel, began yet another complete rewrite of the underlying parser in…
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History of PHP
PHP as it’s known today is actually the successor to a product named PHP/FI. Created in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf, the very first incarnation of PHP was a simple set of Common Gateway Interface (CGI) binaries written in the C programming language. Originally used for tracking visits to his online resume, he named the suite…
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Less Debugging Options
The simple syntax makes PHP a perfect solution for building a dynamic website. However, with restrained debugging opportunities, it does not handle errors well. Since the debugging tools do not identify errors properly, debugging is a difficult task as compared to other programming languages. Hence, developers and business owners consider it to be more prone…
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Less Versatility
With PHP, you get less opportunity to make modifications to the website. Therefore, you might not be able to keep up with the required creative challenge of a website. Also, as compared to other languages, PHP is less effective and slower to work with.
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Can Find Easier Languages
Even though PHP is one of the oldest and most easy-to-use scripting languages, with more resources and tutorials. Nowadays, you can find better programming languages, tools, and frameworks to work with. For instance, Node.js is a cross-platform server environment on JavaScript that makes it possible to run code on a browser. Hence, making it a…
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Not the Best in Terms of Security
Being an open-source language, the ASCII text file is open for anyone to see. Hence, general people can see the logic and even bugs in your code, making it easier for them to manipulate it. Hence, your website becomes vulnerable to XSS and SQL injection attacks. Also, there is no default security mechanism in PHP,…
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Limited Customization
You can create an intuitive website and web application using PHP, and it allows customization and integration to some extent. However, if your project demands the incorporation of technologies like machine learning, AR/VR, big data, etc., you might need to find another language to use.
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Gives Web Developer More Control
Compared to other programming languages, PHP allows the website developer to have more control. Other programming languages are bogged down by long, complicated scripts, but this isn’t true for PHP. A few simple lines of code are sufficient. Furthermore, PHP allows tags, and hence, website developers can add and/or mix HTML tags, making the content…
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Cost-Efficient
PHP is an open-source web language, hence is completely free. There is no expense involved in purchasing expensive licenses or software. It can work efficiently with different databases, such as MySQL, Apache, and PostgreSQL. The cost of developing a website using PHP is minimal.