🆚 PHP vs. Ruby

PHP is a widely used free server-side scripting language designed for building dynamic web applications and powering content-driven websites.

Originally meaning "Personal Home Page", it now uses the recursive acronym "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" and is tightly integrated with HTML, databases, and web servers.

Since version 7, PHP has evolved substantially, introducing major performance gains that roughly doubled execution speed compared to PHP 5 and reduced memory usage. PHP 8 added features such as just-in-time compilation, type system improvements, attributes, enums, readonly properties, and fibers.

An interpreted, object-oriented, open-source programming language often used for web development.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Platforms category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Platforms category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Platforms category.
• 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Platforms category.
• 🥇 Most popular in France in the Platforms category.

• 🥉 Third most popular in Japan in the Programming Languages category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Latvia in the Programming Languages category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Guatemala in the Programming Languages category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in Australia in the Programming Languages category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in Germany in the Programming Languages category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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