Let us once again review the very famous technology "PHP" (Hypertext Pre-Processor) in the development of software. It was invented by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995. In the early stages, PHP was just a simple scripting language without any frameworks, but as time progressed, developers added many impressive features and also developed many frameworks. It is precisely because of these that you can build any website without worry. Below, let us take a closer look at the real reasons why developers and organizations are willing to use PHP for development.

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Easy to Program with Frameworks

If there is one technology in the tech field that has so many frameworks and is applied to project development, the answer is undoubtedly PHP. Whether in terms of the number of frameworks or the degree of usage, PHP is the winner. PHP has a large user base who update issues at any time and provide a large number of available application frameworks. When encountering a project, developers' first choice is usually PHP, and then they consider which framework to use, because PHP allows them to have a shorter development cycle and requires only the simplest configuration, thus saving a lot of time. In addition, learning PHP is relatively simple and fast; it is based on the fundamentals of C/C++.

New Features in Frameworks

PHP has enough frameworks to help you implement any kind of website. PHP frameworks are categorized according to their best uses: WordPress is best for developing blogs, Drupal and Joomla are best for e-commerce websites, and the powerful MVC frameworks CodeIgniter and Laravel have very wide applicability. There are many frameworks and features to choose from. In addition, PHP is also better in terms of security, which makes more developers choose and love to use PHP for web development.

Reliable Support

Because PHP has a wide user base, and this group is growing, you do not need to worry about it. You can get support from multiple sources. Although many developers sometimes question PHP, there is no denying that PHP can really solve problems quickly, and this is the primary reason developers choose it for web applications.

Easy to Integrate with Certain Designs

Some PHP frameworks are ready-made templates that can only be applied to web development to meet design requirements, but with frameworks like CodeIgniter, you can use HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, or JavaScript to do your own client-side design. Therefore, you do not need to feel pressured about doing design work with PHP. These are the important reasons we have discussed for why PHP is popular in the field of web development.

Some Other Facts About PHP

  • 1. PHP is used by 20 million websites and 1 million servers. (Data source: www.php.net/usage.php)
  • 2. PHP supports both procedural and object-oriented programming.
  • 3. PHP has amazing flexibility, allowing you to do many crazy things, such as embedding HTML, passing functions dynamically, and calling methods dynamically.
  • 4. PHP is completely free; you do not need to pay for anything related to it. It is a major part of the LAMP (Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP) technology stack, which is why developers like PHP in web development.
  • 5. PHP can run on basically all popular operating systems, such as OS X, Linux, Microsoft Windows, and some servers, such as IIS, Apache, nginx, and GWS.
  • 6. PHP has been popular for more than 13 years, and it has been continuously developing and improving.

Original: http://www.ezeelive.com/blog/developer-love-php-web-development/

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