After many hours of work I just finished my first real project in PHP. Now everywhere I look I see people bashing on PHP and praising Node.

echo 'fml';

Like @robzombie111 said, PHP can be great depending on who use it.

PS: Don't listen to everyone who complain ;)

Make decisions on your own. More freedom that way.

@dell-user took me drugs to get there Tho. IDK if that's normal, but I'll never be the same. I see so many possibilities when someone else only sees one.

*shared host doesn't support nodejs*

me: *uses php*

@nnmrts Didn't even think about that. The shared host I'm using right now probably doesn't support it either. I'm planning on switching to a VPS though so that'll be a fun thing to experiment with. I currently use a 10 year old PC as server for things my shared hosting can't do but it's quite limited as well (it's 32-bit, has limited resources and for some reason it likes to slow down my network A LOT).

@Florens good luck!

I think node.js is probably awesome, but never tried it out because you actually have to buy a new server or a deployment service plan to try it out properly...or am I wrong here?

I mean, PHP is supported by every cheap shared host server provider. But support for nodejs is too expensive for me...

@Florens @nnmrts I'm pretty sure Scaleway supports Node.js (never tried though)

It's not very expensive anyway, if you want to give it a go.

https://www.scaleway.com

They only winge because Facebook bash it (like everything else)

@nblackburn your comment confused me.

@Florens Me too, try now...

@nblackburn Lol, thanks.

PHP and Node.js are friends so you can relax.

@robzombie111 hmm let me guess it's a porn website?

PHP is just getting old. Try python flask and later if you are keen on front end u can try react.

People have always been bashing PHP, and Node is this new hip thing where you can use `the language of web!` to write server side code. Node is somewhat of a long lasting fad, but PHP is still the most used server side language by far.

@kingspp about what version of php are you talking? Ò_ô

All hail hypno node!

@Divisionbyzero about no specific version, I guess

People also say that C is old (latest standard came out 2011), that C++ is old (latest standard released earlier this year), that FORTRAN is old (2008) or that COBOL is old (2014)

I think he just said that, because of its actual age, not because of what it's capable to do