Andy, father of PHP: It's not surprising that Google supports PHP.

A few days ago, Google announced that GoogleAppEngine supported the popular computer language PHP. In this way, you can run a blog on the WordPress platform. Large companies can also rely on this service to run their enterprise-level big data. AndiGutmans, an Israeli programmer and father of PHP, accepted the technical website venturebe.

A few days ago, Google announced that Google App Engine supported the popular computer language PHP. In this way, you can run a blog on the WordPress platform. Large companies can also rely on this service to run their enterprise-level big data. AndiGutmans, an Israeli programmer and father of PHP, accepted the technical website venturebe.

A few days ago, Google announced that Google App Engine supported the popular computer language PHP. In this way, you can run a blog on the WordPress platform. Large companies can also rely on this service to run their enterprise-level "Big Data ". AndiGutmans, an Israeli programmer and father of PHP, was interviewed by the technology website venturebeat to discuss the significance of this decision for PHP.

VentureBeat: did Google communicate with you before adding PHP to Google App Engine?

Guttman: I don't know how to answer this question. I noticed that they were about to announce this decision. I used to be the product manager of this project.

VentureBeat: did Google officially notify you?

Guttmanes: It's not surprising that a company wants to increase its market share. In the first few years, Google App Engine was only a research project and only supported its internal languages. But over the past few months, Google has realized that its strategy has suddenly become radical to compete with Amazon and Microsoft in various aspects.

VentureBeat: How does Google's statement mention PHP?

Guguomans: We often joke about the penetration rate of PHP websites. According to statistics from Netcraft, 39% of websites use PHP Technology. However, I'm glad that Google can say that 75% of websites are based on PHP Technology and no one knows more about websites than Google. If they want to quickly win market share, no other computer language is available. This is the first non-Google computer language they support.

VentureBeat: How do you feel? How does your customer respond?

Guguomans: I must be very excited. Any company doing so, especially Google, is a great affirmation of us. Many of our major customers sent congratulatory emails, and Google's practices gave them confidence. In addition, they also said that PHP is the most demanding technology, which also means that the developer community is very supportive of us.

VentureBeat: Will you provide Google App Engine Support in the Zend Studio development environment? So that developers can publish Google applications directly in the Zend environment?

Guttman: I do not know yet. We are exploring cooperation with Google. We do support Google's computing engine, and some large companies that support PHP are also using it. However, Google App Engine has just been released and is still in the trial stage.

VentureBeat: Why does Google support PHP now?

Guttmans: I cannot endorse Google, but I feel that Google App Engine is something Google really wants to do, so it took a simple line at first.

But in the past 12 months, we have seen a very significant acceleration process. This market will reach $2016 billion in 20 billion, and Google has started from the trial phase to the accelerated development phase.

Recently, we investigated 5000 PHP developers and asked them about their intentions. 51% of people choose Amazon WebSite Services, but 21% are also interested in Google. Last year, few people chose Google, which is a great leap.

VentureBeat: What does VentureBeat mean for people who use PHP to write programs or who support WordPress blogs?

Guttman: I think they have another option, especially for people who spend $20 a month using the shared hosting service (shared hosting. For individual developers, this is a very valuable choice. They can start their own design at a low cost, and it is a more open modern platform.

VentureBeat: In general, what does this mean for PHP?

Guttman: Google received many requests from developers to add PHP support, which indicates that PHP is widely used. Websites, mobile and cloud services are the driving force of PHP, and PHP will develop like a fish in the future.