java - What is the future development direction of PHP?

Look at the current trends

The proportion of javascript in the web front-end is increasing, and with the emergence of many mvc frameworks (backbone, angular), many companies choose to use javascript to implement the logic of front-end display, instead of Originally written php on the page.

The main reason why PHP flourished before was that it was very convenient to build a web website and it was developed quickly. But javascript is a more flexible scripting language than PHP, and it is perfect for front-end display PHP. So the space left for PHP is just to write the backend data interface?

If this is the case, how much better would it be to use php to write the backend interface than java? I personally understand that it is even weaker than java! For example, I use Hadoop to process big data, and then use php to call the Java interface to get the data? Isn’t it a pain in the ass, why don’t I just use java? Java can do more than php in big data processing and other aspects.

<code>综上，目前许多大企业还是在用php，比如百度，fb，而且已经积淀很深（正因为积淀深，才不好换？！）。但是假如你是公司的架构师，你还会用php么？
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This question has been closed. The reason: The questioner’s understanding of PHP is too little. As a JAVA programmer, he forcibly hacks PHP. It is simply stupid.

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Look at the current trends

The proportion of javascript in the web front-end is increasing, and with the emergence of many mvc frameworks (backbone, angular), many companies choose to use javascript to implement the logic of front-end display, instead of Originally written php on the page.

The main reason why PHP flourished before was that it was very convenient to build a web website and it was developed quickly. But javascript is a more flexible scripting language than PHP, and it is perfect for front-end display PHP. So the space left for PHP is just to write the backend data interface?

If this is the case, how much better would it be to use php to write the backend interface than java? I personally understand that it is even weaker than java! For example, I use Hadoop to process big data, and then use php to call the Java interface to get the data? Isn’t it a pain in the ass, why don’t I just use java? Java can do more than php in big data processing and other aspects.

<code>综上，目前许多大企业还是在用php，比如百度，fb，而且已经积淀很深（正因为积淀深，才不好换？！）。但是假如你是公司的架构师，你还会用php么？
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First of all, no one stipulates that a programmer can only stick to one language. PHP programmers can spend time switching to other languages. As far as I know, I know many people who started with PHP and then switched to other languages.
Secondly, technology selection is not about choosing the most advanced technology, but the most suitable technology. Not all companies are Baidu and FB. Not all companies can support a large number of people. Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Ferrari are all good cars, but the ones that sell best are economy cars.
Thirdly, PHP has been developed for 10 years, and not all projects are motivated to migrate. Just like the iPhone comes out with new models every year, with more powerful performance and more functions, but not many people follow the new models every year.
Fourth, as hardware performance becomes more and more powerful, prices become lower and lower, and labor costs become higher and higher, scripting languages ​​will only become more and more popular, and compiled languages ​​will only exist in certain specific fields or modules.
I have used node.js myself, and small modules are fine for small projects or large projects. However, once the project is complex, there are many pitfalls, and the development difficulty is higher than that of PHP. Moreover, asynchronous callback is not a panacea and not suitable for all scenarios.

When the level is not enough, the bottleneck is never at the language level.

You should pay more attention to those people in China who have php.net mailboxes and stop talking nonsense. There will be no problems in writing php in ten years

Node develops some slightly larger projects and gets stuck in too many callbacks~~

Hadoop is written in Java, so do we need to use Java to connect Hadoop to handle business?
So mysql is written in C, so we need to use C to connect to mysql to handle business?

Having a front-end to do things that PHP is not good at (SPA/complex page interaction) is of course a great benefit to PHP. The emergence of "front-end development" that did not exist before has helped PHP programmers share the tasks that they were not good at. work

When it comes to replacing PHP, NodeJS is a threat, but the questioner didn’t mention it and I won’t say much

As for Java, it is stronger than PHP in enterprise development and weaker than PHP in Internet development. This situation does not seem to change in the short term, and the change will not be related to the great development of front-end mvc

The article mentioned by the people above is not correct. What lz is talking about is whether more and more business logic will be placed on the front end, and PHP is only responsible for assembling data. It has nothing to do with nodejs. .

In fact, there is this trend, the premise is to take care of security and seo.

It is recommended to take a look at meteor and you will find that the server really does not need to do anything.

php is the best language

Maybe I will still use it, because the Java syntax is too cumbersome, and there are too many callbacks in the JS code, which is messy. I will use PHP to do projects for ten years. After the position of golang is determined, I will switch languages. The new generation of mankind, those born in the 90s , the post-00s, post-10s, prefer real-time web pages, and do not like the message board format that the post-80s likes, which can only display the latest content after refreshing, so js is suitable for the projects of the post-00s. PHP is a patent of the post-80s generation. People cannot escape the fate of being abandoned by history, and one day they will eventually.

For example, to generate a blog post, you can use PHP to output the HTML structure and clear layout for the browser to display, and it is also convenient for search engines to crawl. You have to use JS to access the JSON returned by PHP on the server side, and then use JS to format the output. , the key point is that common search engines can’t capture the data output by these JS, isn’t this causing trouble?

When it comes to HTML preprocessing, JS does not necessarily have an advantage over Hypertext Preprocessor.

Those above who talk about callbacks, I suggest you learn about javascript promise objects

Python is a great method!

I saw people saying there is still room in 10 years

I agree with Xiao Ti’s point of view

From your description, it can be concluded that your technical level should be about 1 to 2 years of work, which is the coding stage. You'd better calm down and study hard.