[FX.php List] Some Community Updates

[Bruce Robertson]

Quoting from another list I'm on - regarding PHP performance - perhaps some of this is of interest?

Me = Bruce Robertson
Quoted person = Eric Anderson


> I'm building a prototype in WordPress because it's simpler, but when it's
> time for the real launch, WordPress and PHP just won't cut it. How are the
> logistics of converting code from one to another? Is that an even bigger
> nightmare?

If you're comfortable with PHP, you might consider using a framework 
like Laravel and cutting out Wordpress, Ruby and/or Node all together.

I know most people dismiss PHP these days, but they're basing this on 
their PHP 5.2.x experience. The language has evolved quite a bit in 
the past 3-4 years.

PHP's got Composer/Packagist now, you can write incredibly testable 
SOLID code with Laravel, you can match Node's event driven performance 
with ReactPHP:

http://philsturgeon.co.uk/blog/2013/11/benchmarking-codswallop-nodejs-v-php

Pretty good comparison of Node vs Laravel:

http://thesimplesynthesis.com/post/node-js-vs-laravel

And if you really need perforamnce, you can use HHVM which is really 
starting to make significant strides in increasing performance over the 
Zend engine and getting closer to 100% PHP language compatibility.

PHP is really a completely different animal these days.

Eric
http://www.mindworksdev.com


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