Re: [PHP] PHP vs JAVA

On 8/20/13 9:00 AM, Tedd Sperling wrote:
> Hi guys:
>
> A teacher at my college made the statement that JAVA for Web Development is more popular than PHP.
>
> Where can I go to prove this right or wrong -- and/or -- what references do any of you have to support your answer? (sounds like a teacher, huh?)
>
> Here are my two references:
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> http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php/all/all
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> http://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/programming_language/ms/y
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> But I do not know how accurate they are.
>
> What say you?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> tedd

As others have said, he's simply wrong. :-)  "Good"ness of either 
language aside, the data (W3Techs is what I usually cite) is clear: For 
server-side web dev, PHP is the 800 lb gorilla.

For all programming combined?  Java may be bigger than PHP, sure.  For 
embedded?  No question, Java > PHP as PHP has almost no presence.  For 
"enterprise shops"?  There probably are segments of the market that are 
very Java-centric, even on the web, no question.

It's all how you define your scope.  I'm sure he could come up with some 
definition of "market" that would show Java having a bigger marketshare 
than PHP, within that market.  The question is whether that is a valid 
definition of "market" in context.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. :-)

As countering data-points: Wordpress alone is 18% of the web.  Drupal is 
the #1 CMS used to power US government websites.  Universities and 
Museums are very big on Drupal.  (That's my day job. <g>)  PHP's 
marketshare is huge, even in "enterprise".

--Larry Garfield