Does PHP still have a future in website development?

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PHP is a free software that can run on most operating systems including Windows, Linux, etc. In the environment, it is often used on the Linux platform in conjunction with the free Web service software Apache and the free database Mysql. It has the highest performance-price ratio and is known as the "golden combination".

Perhaps the most powerful and important feature of PHP is its database support, which currently covers most common databases including Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, ODBC, etc. It becomes very simple to use it to write a web page program containing database functions.

Especially now that China's web2.0 boom has brought PHP back to its glory.

Characteristics of the PHP language:

◎Fast: PHP is a powerful The CGI scripting language's syntax is a mixture of C, Java, Perl and PHP-style new syntax, and it can execute web pages faster than CGI, Perl and ASP. This is its first outstanding feature.

◎It has good openness and scalability: PHP is free software, and its source code is completely open. It is very easy for any programmer to extend additional functions for PHP.

◎Database support: PHP supports a variety of mainstream and non-mainstream databases, such as: AdabasD, DBA, dBase, dbm, filePro, Informix, InterBase, mSQL, MySQL, MicrosoftSQLServer, Solid, Sybase, ODBC , oracle, oracle8, PostgreSQL, etc. Among them, PHP and MySQL are now an excellent combination, and their combination can run across platforms.

◎Object-oriented programming: PHP provides classes and objects. In order to realize object-oriented programming, PHP4 and higher versions provide new functions and features, including object overloading, reference technology, etc.

◎ Fast version update: Compared with ASP, which is updated only once every few years, PHP is updated much faster, because PHP is updated every few weeks.

◎ Rich functions: From object-based design, structured features, database processing, network interface applications, secure coding mechanisms, etc., PHP covers almost all functions of all websites.

◎Scalability: Traditionally, the interaction of web pages is achieved through CGI. The scalability of CGI programs is not ideal because it opens a separate process for each running CGI program. The solution is to compile the interpreter of the language commonly used to write CGI programs into your web server (such as mod_perl, JSP). PHP can be installed this way, although few people are willing to install it CGI this way. Embedded PHP can be more scalable.

Advantages of PHP language

◎Good security: PHP is open source software. All PHP source codes can be seen by everyone. The code has been tested in the hands of many engineers. At the same time, the way it is compiled with Apache also allows it to have flexible security settings, and PHP has recognized security performance.

◎Cross-platform features: ASP cannot match PHP's cross-platform capabilities. PHP supports almost all operating system platforms and database systems. It is its ability that gives UNIX/Linux a ASP is a development language comparable to ASP and is widely popular.

◎Easy to learn: PHP is embedded in the HTML language, and adheres to the scripting language as the main language. Different from Java, C and other languages, it has simple syntax, easy to write, and is easy to learn and master.

There are a lot of books on the market now, and there are also a lot of codes on the Internet that you can enjoy

◎Fast execution speed: It takes up less system resources and the code execution speed is fast.

◎Free: Among the popular enterprise application LAMP platforms, PHP, Linux, Apache, and MySQL are all free software, reducing enterprise setup costs.

So I can tell you that PHP has a bright future in website development. You can look at Baidu’s search engine. Most of the Tieba and other websites you use now are made with PHP.

In this new era of vigorous development of the Internet, PHP technology and related talents meet the latest interactive network development applications. Currently, major domestic websites including Google, Baidu, NetEase, Sina, Sohu, Alibaba, Qihoo, eBay, Tencent, Yahoo, Kingsoft, etc. are looking for PHP experts. The talent gap for PHP is 40:1. On the other hand, our country’s demand for search engine technical talents is at least 400,000 per year. Currently, there are less than 10,000 domestic search technical talents, and the supply-demand ratio reaches 1:40. In 2006, major international search engines such as Google and Bai The company is recruiting 3,000 search engine engineers on campus, but it cannot find suitable candidates for gold-collar jobs with an annual salary of more than 200,000 yuan.