Comments on: Why PHP should be banned.

By: momo

momo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:13:21 +0000

hey, i didn’t compare php with rails, and i’m not going to. here. but still, you are right when it comes to developers being responsible for code quality, yet a programming language can encourage programmers to do something right or not, and php is certainly not one of the languages that are overly strict about good conventions being enforced, i guess you agree with me there. i had my fun with it, but i’m just ( for the reasons above ) done with it

By: enctype

enctype — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:27:07 +0000

You can’t compare a PHP with Rails (language vs. framework), doesn’t make sense.
Depending on the developer you can write good/bad/reusable/non-reusable code with any language.

By: max

max — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:12:59 +0000

If you want to learn the very basics of programming (including concepts of data abstraction) I warmly recommend getting a copy of “Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs” from your local library.

And for web programming on shared hosts you can always pick the lesser of the two evils, which is Perl.

By: momo

momo — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:29:07 +0000

yes, but they are not as widespread, so i guess that’s why php is still the choice for many people outthere… unfortunately ..

By: pfleidi

pfleidi — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:41:09 +0000

PHP is perfect to learn some concepts. Like OOP, because there is no need to compile stuff, no need to worry too much about data types and stuff

I would say there are other interpreted languages like ruby or python that would do a better job as a language to learn concepts.