Reasons I believe folk stick with PHP: 1. It was the first "language" they learnt 2. They're insecure in their ability to learn another one
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@OoTheNigerian PHP as opposed to anything else, .NET (C#), Ruby, Java, Python etc... all of which can and are used for web.
@farinjini I think ease of server setup helps a lot. Of course Wordpress has played a huge role providing a "first steps" platform.
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@OoTheNigerian I could easily go on a rant here, but I'll hard not to. -
@farinjini You're 'rant' will be probably base on "what should be" as opposed to "what is". Which is why PHP and now Javascript rules. - 5 more replies
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@OoTheNigerian in terms of ease of server setup, every Windows PC already has IIS, Microsoft's web server. Just need to turn it on.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@OoTheNigerian even Wamp / Xampp etc servers support more than PHP out of the box.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@OoTheNigerian I do agree that blogging/website platforms like Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal tend to give devs a leg in on to the PHP stackThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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