Who puts the P in LAMP?

Posted on 7 January 2010 by Terry Chay

Received this yesterday:

So I’m thinking of starting a new web project and was wondering if I could seek your advice. My tendency is to use PHP since that’s what I know and have used most in the past. Though, after talking to a lot of folks (namely Googlers…go figure), I’ve been encouraged to instead choose Python. Seeing as you’re my favorite PHP Terrorist I was wondering if you have any specific thoughts on the subject.

I still need to write another article on Python, but the short answer is I think if it’s web, PHP is probably the better choice.

“PHP is the shortest point between two distances on the web.” —Me, tongue-tied at a talk

However there are some mitigating factors to consider: Python vs. PHP for web after the jump

Guns, Germ(ane), and Steal

Posted on 5 January 2010 by Terry Chay

A commenter on my last article jokes:

I thought : “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” was Robbie Wiliams stuff!

I should issue a couple of corrections to improper attributions in that article.

Corrections after the jump

1500 Lines of Code

Posted on 21 December 2009 by Terry Chay

Original article posted to PHP Advent 2009, Click to jump to discussion. Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Even the best of us can only write 1500 lines of code a day, so we need to make those lines count.

There were so many great articles in PHP Advent this year, that I couldn’t think of a good topic—I like to believe my peers stole all the good ideas this year… Read about 1500 lines of code after the jump