[zenox]

Their has been lots of discussions lately about Ruby and PHP. Quite a few of the articles I have read seem to state that Ruby is > PHP. I myself like PHP. It is a nice mature language. It has a nice set of base extension that I use quite a bit. What is everyone's thoughts about this subject?

[phpdoctor]

I got with PHP... Ruby is more like a framework... I believe it uses MVC model?
There are lots of PHP frameworks that work abit like Ruby to.

I havent had much experiance with Ruby, tryed to install it and stuff... didnt work.
I just gave up lol.

I LOVE PHP

[digioz]

Originally Posted by zenox

Their has been lots of discussions lately about Ruby and PHP. Quite a few of the articles I have read seem to state that Ruby is > PHP. I myself like PHP. It is a nice mature language. It has a nice set of base extension that I use quite a bit. What is everyone's thoughts about this subject?

That one is a no brainer for me. I like PHP more not just because it seems to be a lot more popular and easier to code but also because its more C++ like.

[muheedbaloch]

same here php is more efficent for me maybe cause i never had experience with ruby.

[NeverMind]

Originally Posted by phpdoctor

I got with PHP... Ruby is more like a framework... I believe it uses MVC model?
There are lots of PHP frameworks that work abit like Ruby to.

I havent had much experiance with Ruby, tryed to install it and stuff... didnt work.
I just gave up lol.

I LOVE PHP

Ruby on Rail is the framework of Ruby. Ruby is a language.
There is nothing as "better" in programming languages. Each one has its goods and bads. PHP is for the web. Ruby is general purpose.

People who prefer Ruby, prefer it because it's OOP Strictly. No procedural. PHP in the other hand gives you choice which is good IMO. Sometimes, PHP codes can be chaotic and the language encourages that because of its procedural nature but what the heck!

Sometimes I want to make some small dirty codes and procedural is the way to go for me.

So in the end, I prefer PHP

[nova912]

I chose PHP, but to be 100% honest I have never used Ruby. From what i understand though PHP can do everything that Ruby can, so why learn a redundant language. /shrug

[zenox]

Originally Posted by NeverMind

PHP codes can be chaotic and the language encourages that

Agreed. Sometimes the mixing of classes with non-classes can get quite confusing! But as you stated, it is nice to have the choice.

[Jay6390]

Without a shadow of a doubt, PHP - I think the poll speaks for itself

[digioz]

It seems to me that the developer base is shrinking for Ruby. Almost every Ruby Developer I have known has switched to other languages in the past few years.

Pete

[scott2500uk]

php for me. but never given ruby on rails a try. I do like to look at alsorts of languages but lately I have no time to explore new languages.