Any idea why most public facing web apps on the Internet is written in PHP?
I mean most public web sites on the Internet employ some CMS like WordPress, Drupal and Joomla, all written in PHP.
Plus custom developed web apps are also in PHP.
In contrast, ASP.NET, Java and Python are far behind. They're more commonly found in web apps in corporate / enterprise Intranet, accessible within corporate network and through VPN. Then there are Go and Node.js more for API services, though there are some -- but limited -- web apps too.
Is it because:
I mean most public web sites on the Internet employ some CMS like WordPress, Drupal and Joomla, all written in PHP.
Plus custom developed web apps are also in PHP.
In contrast, ASP.NET, Java and Python are far behind. They're more commonly found in web apps in corporate / enterprise Intranet, accessible within corporate network and through VPN. Then there are Go and Node.js more for API services, though there are some -- but limited -- web apps too.
Is it because:
- PHP is simpler to use for development/deployment
- PHP is easy to scale
- PHP supports cheap shared web hosting
