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If you mastered PHP & Rails, would there be any use case for PHP?

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I use PHP an Python. Not exactly Rails, but it's a similar question.

They both have their place, and they both have situations where one is an easier/better choice than the other.

Pick the best tools for the job. It doesn't matter how awesome your power drill is, even a double-clawed hammer is better at driving in nails.

I mastered PHP, Python, JavaScript, Java. For me the only reason to use PHP is availability on every low cost host. I don't found any other arguments to use PHP.

    I mastered PHP, Python, JavaScript, Java.

exelib: Master of PHP, Python, JavaScript, Java.

That has a nice ring to it.

You must be a fucking genius.

PHP has a much larger install base on commercial web hosts than Ruby, so I would consider it a perfect tool for a self-hosted application.

Also keep in mind PHP5 is not the same relic of the past that people constantly bitch about.

I'm just hoping PHP 5.4 adoption starts picking up. As it is, it's hard enough finding shared hosts that support 5.3

With the ever decreasing prices of VPSs these days (both Digital Ocean & Prgrmr offer a $5/month VPS) I really don't see much need for an experienced developer to pick using a shared host.

It often depends on a customers needs. A VPS is fine if you're willing/able to set up and manage s server yourself. If you're not in a position to do that, then it's managed shared hosting or business hosting. Both are at the mercy of what the hosting provider feels is best.

We're not necessarily talking about "experienced" developers. I know plenty of people who have set up their own self-hosted WordPress instances for their personal blogs who don't know how to how to self-manage a VPS.

Keep in mind not everyone who uses or even installs software is an "experienced developer".

Maybe you don't want to allow users to execute code by HTTP?

Yeah, PHP is a lot funnier :) http://me.veekun.com/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-de...

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