> I don't think anyone would pick PHP purely on the basis of speed, again, there are many languages that are faster.
When it comes to interpreted languages (perl, python, ruby, js), PHP is hands down the fastest.
When it comes to interpreted languages (perl, python, ruby, js), PHP is hands down the fastest.
An amazingly fast specialized JS runtime solution [1][2] does indeed have the #1 spot on the most recent rounds, but full PHP frameworks hold spots #2 - 29 and then it's a mixture of PHP and JS all the way to #58 before we see the first other language (python, uvicorn) emerge.
[1] https://github.com/TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks/tree/mast...
This is still running https://goldeneaglecoin.com/ whose framework (and HTML/CSS) is pretty much untouched since 2011. It is running on an ec2 t2.medium instance and is one of the fastest e-commerce sites i know.