Five reasons PHP is superior to Node.js

PHP is a server-side scripting language, mainly for dynamic web development, is currently one of the most popular development language. Node is a JavaScript toolkit for writing high-performance Web servers. Author Jani Hartikainen published a blog post that compares the two and lists the five reasons why PHP is superior to node.js. Look at it together.

1. Easy to host

Most web hosting providers can provide hosting for PHP, and for node you need to find a more professional hosting service provider. In general, the application needs to be set up through shell access, and most hosting providers do not include it, and even if it is included, the other packages are relatively inexpensive.

2. PHP installed on the server more convenient, easy

PHP can easily install Wamp,lamp or mamp, deploy the code to a Web virtual host, just drag and drop the file, you can do it.

Although node itself is not difficult to install, but it still requires more expertise to set it up, in order to be able to install on the server, you usually need to know some Linux system administrator knowledge, so that you during the installation process when the system crash to ensure that node can be well run.

3. If the PHP code is corrupted, it will not drag down the entire server

The PHP code only runs in its own process scope, and when a request displays an error, it only affects specific requests. In a node environment, all requests are in a single process server, and the entire server is affected when a request causes an unknown error.

4. PHP process is short

In PHP, each process has a short duration for the request, which means you don't have to worry about resource allocation and memory. and node has to run for a long time during the process, and you need to be careful and manage your memory properly. For example, if you forget to delete entries from the global data, it can easily cause you to leak the memory.

5. A larger standard library

PHP's standard cubby node is much larger than the standard library.

Conclusion:

Of course, it's not that PHP is better than node in every way, and in some things, node is pretty good (for example, real time information processing), node is an interesting product, it has an elegant architecture. Although Node.js is not a silver bullet, it is still a projectile.

Developers have a preference for programming languages, each language has its own value, I think the most appropriate choice is the most important. In addition to these, what is PHP better than node? You are welcome to list in the comments.