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nnhhzz
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why do you choose PHP?

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hello everyone,I have began to learn php a fews days ago.In my country,most people use asp+windows2000 or JSP.Could I ask a old question.Why do we choose PHP? Please give me the reasons.Thanks. :)
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Some

1 - multiplataform (linux, unix, windows, mac, as/400...)
2 - open
3 - easy to learn
4 - very fast
5 - Free!!!
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I think the main reasons are that it is easy (i can vouch for this as I am finding it fairly easy to learn) and its cross platform support.
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The simpleness is the reason for us as well, since all of us can code c, its not that hard to learn php. in fact, if i code php for too long, i get problems with c, since there are so many nice things in php that are missing in c. just take string concatenating or walking over arrays for instance.
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Dont worry if you dont know C, I dont know C and I am sure other PHP users dont either! You can still do it!
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yep if you are starting with php, "C" is not an issue.

if you know C syntax it will be very easy. I dont know C, but i'm using php for 2 years now.. and it rocks
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The main reason that i use PHP is because its free and runs on pretty much any platform.

Why pay for asp when you can use php for free?!?
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PHP is also a powerful language.. especially when used with MySQL etc.

There is very little that can't be done with PHP and a bit of thought and planning.

As an example I've nearly finished creating a virtual world (similiar to http://www.virtualibiza.com, http://www.zing.com, and http://www.soulkool.com) created entirely from Flash4, JS, and PHP.
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