Re:High Quality PHP
by ytdtty on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @11:37AM
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> In what alternative universe is PHP a bad tool?
In the same universe where munging together logic and display code, or model and view code, is a bad idea. It's the same problem as using classic .ASP, except people are smart enough to not get all indignant when people point out how bad .asp was.
> It is one of the easiest to get started with
That's nothing special. It's trivial to get started with dozens of web frameworks.
> most documented
Most frameworks and languages are well documented. It's like you're bragging that you have the most well-vacuumed car seats, at a car rally.
> best supported
Again, this is nothing special. Most frameworks have IRC channels and mailing lists.
> for 90% of the things you see on the internet today.
90% of the things on the internet are so simple that you could easily use PHP for them, like blogs, simple forums, mostly static sites, etc. That doesn't necessarily make PHP a good tool. It just shows how you can easily do trivial tasks with mediocre tools.
In the same universe where munging together logic and display code, or model and view code, is a bad idea. It's the same problem as using classic .ASP, except people are smart enough to not get all indignant when people point out how bad .asp was.
> It is one of the easiest to get started with
That's nothing special. It's trivial to get started with dozens of web frameworks.
> most documented
Most frameworks and languages are well documented. It's like you're bragging that you have the most well-vacuumed car seats, at a car rally.
> best supported
Again, this is nothing special. Most frameworks have IRC channels and mailing lists.
> for 90% of the things you see on the internet today.
90% of the things on the internet are so simple that you could easily use PHP for them, like blogs, simple forums, mostly static sites, etc. That doesn't necessarily make PHP a good tool. It just shows how you can easily do trivial tasks with mediocre tools.