Why is PHP the most popular website development language?

Rasmus Lerdorf designed PHP in 1994. It is supported by most of the popular servers like apache. Anyone with no knowledge of programming language can easily learn PHP as compared to other language. According to the survey, 79.2% of websites rely on PHP. So around 244+ million websites use PHP. Let's learn more about PHP.

This blog is not for the basic knowledge of PHP which we all have. But this is for some advanced information that we should have. PHP is light weight programming language. It can be easily used with HTML. PHP can easily communicate with the most popular databases like MySql, MsSql etc. Static websites can be created using PHP in a few days. (In such cases it is in hours). Object Oriented Programming (OOP) can be implemented using PHP. Because of this feature a lot of frameworks are built using PHP. Some of the famous PHP frameworks are listed below.

Famous PHP Frameworks

• Laravel
• Codeigniter
• CakePHP
• Symfony
• Yii
• Zend
• Phalcon
• FuelPHP
• Slim
• WordPress
• Joomla

These frameworks have its own specialty but they are completely dependent on PHP. Huge online brands like Facebook, Yahoo, Flickr etc are powered by PHP. PHP can easily communicate with JavaScript and its frameworks. So frontend development with PHP is reliable. Additionally PHP can be used to develop desktop applications using certain tools. Some of the best features of PHP are listed below.

Best Features of PHP

1.    Open Source
2.    PDO(PHP Data Object) Class
3.    JSON Encode & Decode
4.    Date/Time Class
5.    Exception Handling
6.    Namespaces
7.    Sorting
8.    XML Classes
9.    Array Functions

Why PHP?

PHP is extensible and if you need to add an extension you can add it at any time. Tutorials for PHP are easily available on search engines. PHP for dynamic websites will be the top choice for any website developer. One of the major advantages of PHP is that it is platform independent. Meaning you can use it on any operating system like Windows, Mac and Linux. PHP is using its own memory so websites with PHP can be fast and scalable.

In the nineties, priority was given to building a website but security was ignored. But today security is the most important criterion for building a website. So PHP provides the best security for website development. From a development point of view, it is good if the website can be built using less code. PHP has features like theme integration which reduce the code of the website. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the most challenging aspect of any website. It is easy to create SEO friendly website using PHP. Images play an important role in the speed of websites. So for good speed it is imperative to optimize the images without losing their quality. PHP has functions that can optimize images without losing quality. Hence faster web applications can be built using PHP.

Conclusion

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