moving from PHP & Zend FrameWork to Ruby on Rails?

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moving from PHP & Zend FrameWork to Ruby on Rails?

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I have been developing in php for years and thoroughly love, recently I have started using Zend FrameWork - I wish I had started using ZF sooner. However, some colleagues of mine recommending using Ruby on Rails. Can ruby do more than PHP? is it worth learning it too, or switching completely?
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If you want a better web programming language try Python. There is a FW for it called Django.
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Thanks David. Why would you recommend python over php?
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It's a more complex laguage. Have a tootle through this:

http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonVsPhp

I am no expert, but I am under the impression that Ruby is just PHP on Web2.0 drugs :P. The syntax looks nicer and stuff, but it still seems quite basic. When I was doing some reading on Ruby I seem to remember there was quite a few things missing in it.
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That is an interesting article. However, I am not convinced. I will do some more research and post back.
Thanks :)
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PHP is web oriented while Python is more generic. As such, Python is inherently somewhat more powerful, however for the web environment PHP has a wider variety of built in tools. Not to mention, the PHP community is probably the largest and most active of all scripting languages, contributing to the massive amount of open-source materials available.

When it comes down to it, both are capable web application languages. In my opinion it's just a matter of choosing one that is more comfortable for you. Personally, I like C syntax and am very comfortable using PHP.
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pytrin has some good points.

I know a specialist application developer who also builds sites. Says that his productivity went up a lot when he converted to Python.
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I just got my first book on Ruby (not rails) and I have to admit, I like the way it all fits together. I'm still a n00b in it, but I am looking forward to having the time to try it out for real. :)
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