Comments on: PHP vs Java for Webapps- Quality & Maintainability of Code

By: Michael Ellis

Michael Ellis — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:27:59 +0000

Java: Write Once, Run Anywhere.
PHP: Write Once, Read Never

PHP is a horrible mess. Stay away from it like the plague.

By: MIS

MIS — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:00:31 +0000

Java is a great language. If you never hope to deliver anything. This “scalability” stuff is to laugh at. Keep toting SUN’s tired old line if you want to. PHP rules the web.

By: Eagle

Eagle — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:32:11 +0000

PHP lags specification’s compared to Java.

Java has JSR(Java Specification Request).
example.. JDBC is having a implementation from lots of vendors like.. MySQL , oracle, PostgreSQL etc…

There should be similar standardization in php.

By: JK

JK — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:29:07 +0000

After reading it seems that the problems is more about structure than a technical problem.

By: RA

RA — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:25:40 +0000

Actually that’s an interesting point, HK… Facebook does use PHP but several of their developers are on record as saying that their PHP code base is a quagmire, or at least in past it was.. The most important thing about Facebook, though, is that only the front-end is done in PHP. Their messaging system is written in Java and their back-end is in C++.. which proves what Michael and RR were saying about proper OO languages being more appropriate for the heavy lifting, i.e. the business logic.

By: HK

HK — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:18:14 +0000

As I know, facebook is running on PHP. My point is , if PHP is only for mid/small type web apps then, how facebook is running using PHP. Perhaps, large scale web apps should be more bigger than facebook.

By: michael

michael — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:07:57 +0000

I use both languages for different reasons. I do my best to stay away from the Object Oriented features of PHP because they mainly make my life harder when dealing with OO in a scripting language. Imagine trying to see if your code works by having to run the entire app to only find out you incorrectly referenced another objects nonexistent method. With Java, I at least get a compile time check. When I’m dealing with fairly complex business logic, complex business apps, I would go with Java because dealing with OO in Java is easier. If I’m doing a simple small to mid-size app (I use size relative to number of features to be built as opposed to number of users) – i would use PHP. It’s easier to stand up and start running web pages. I don’t have to deal with the challenges of a J2EE application, mainly because those features are not needed for a simple web app. If I do have a large web app (# of features) or a the complicated business process I would go with Java. It’s just easier.

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By: ganesh

ganesh — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:44:20 +0000

hi spunken, i agree with you, if you dont mind can you mail me your company website at ganesh[dot]guwahati[at]gmail.com. I had to write email id like this as i think richardrauser.com dont like or publish email.

By: spunken

spunken — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:14:06 +0000

Yeah Karthik! I can see that your website is great *sigh*. And what kind of “XML languages” do you use then? The XML language language?
And how yould you use PHP on an iPhone? I guess you mean the website’s output for mobile devices. Well… Whatever…

I also agree with richard: Java is a cool language. The coolest feature is the . operator. I do not like -> ! And the object-orientation-stacked-on-top-of-a-procedural-architecture is in my opinion the biggest problem for PHP. Rewrite it… and then remarket it, thats my advise for ZEND.

Well… here at my company I am forced to use PHP for everything. But I don’t. I started to mix bash with python for systems engineering purposes. And then I was told that Python was gay and PHP was much better. I was like: … the fukk?! Now imagine my supervisor’s reaction when he found out that I wrote services in Java to keep our servers interconnected in case of a system failure. He was not amused! But on the other hand: he cant code!

Peace