Friday, 15 November 2013

Why Learn PHP Technology ??

Starting the discussion on this comes the Point ,why PHP at all .Why should anybody think of choosing PHP as a career .Is it worth thinking of making a career in PHP. I think the following paragraph says it all ...
Lets look at some interesting Numbers :
  • PHP is used by more than 75% of all the websites for which information regarding the server side technology is available.
  • WordPress is used by more than 15% of all the websites in the world.
  • The Top 3 CMS i.e Content Management Systems that we use for managing Websites :
                               i.            Wordpress is first with more than 50% Websites
                             ii.            Joomla is second with approx 10% usage
                          iii.            Drupal is third with around 7%.
All the Three products written in PHP. All these facts give enough Stimulus for starting to learn PHP but there is more to this. What has prompted for such vast majority using PHP. The following factors have contributed enormously towards contributing towards this popularity : 
4.     Easy to Use: Alhough I work on a no of other Technologies like Java,.NET I have found PHP to be the most easy to learn and program .Although this is my personal opinion and may vary from person to person yet the general perception may agree with it.
5.     Integration with Databases : PHP is known to have one of the best supports for various Databases and its excellent communication with mySQL comes as a boon for Pocket Watchers as mySQL comes free on major hosting servers.
6.     Web Hosting :PHP hosting comes the cheapest as compared to hosting for JSP or .NET and also supports all kinds of Operating Systems. I think that could be the reasons for major initial startups to shift to PHP.
7.     Community Support :Communities supporting PHP are huge and being Open Source has found support from all circles. Being in picture for so many years and a popular language for Web Development PHP has huge following and getting help / finding learning Tutorials is a child's play on the Internet.
8.     Continously Development and Upgrading :Being Open Source ,more and more new Tools that ease development in PHP have come up in recent years and PHP has continued to evolve removing features that were dangerous.
9i Technologies , is one of the best Institutes offereing PHP course that is a blend of Core PHP and new Features with an Introduction to developing Application in PHP Frameworks.The course is complimented by Live Project that is hosted live on Server and students are provided with FTP Login Details to work with . The  PHP Industrial TrainingIn Chandigarh is the Gateway to your Career ,so do it with Vigor and Interest.

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