PHP vs NodeJs

Today, This is a little bit different topic. In which we discuss some pros and cons both of these.

In Now generation, some big tech companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Amazon, Flipkart, etc. are using numbers of languages, framework, libraries, engines, etc. and they only focus on what they have to do and which technology is suitable for there business to perform well.

Big companies are some search new technology to adopt in there business or project because sometimes the old language is not working well with their project.

So lets came on to the point that the NodeJs is a very popular language Javascript cross-platform run-time environment that executes javascript code outside of a browser.

First, you remember that we haven`t discussed differences between two languages instead we have discussed D/B language and run-time environment.


PHP vs Node.js

PHP vs Node.js

Runtime Environment:
  • PHP: its have an always ready to install in any computer with a web server to run in the server side.
  • NODE: its a run-time environment of javascript on the server side.
Learning Time:
  • PHP: it is easy to learn for absolute beginners to know about how the server is working.
  • Node.js: it's a bit complex to learn, but if you know javascript very well then the node is pretty easy for you.
Power Engines:
  • PHP is powered by Zend engines.
  • Node.js is powered by the Google V8 javascript engine.
 Execution Of Code:
  • PHP is Synchronous.
  • Node.js is Asynchronous.
Code Execution Speed:
  • PHP is pretty slower than Node.js.
  • Node.js is pretty Fast than PHP.
Weight of Code:
  • PHP is heavy to execute code than Node.js.
  • Node.js is lite weight than PHP.
Web Server:
  • PHP runs on the Apache web server. It can also run on IIS web server in case of a windows machine.
  • Node.js: NPM does not need a web server, it runs on its own run time environment.
Databases Used:
  • PHP used databases like MySQL, SQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
  • Node.js used databases like MySQL, NoSQL(Not only SQL), MongoDB, CouchDB, etc.
Package Manager:
  • In PHP, Composer package manager is widely used.
  • In Node.js, Node Package Manager (NPM) is widely used.
Community Support:
  • PHP has massive community support compare to Node.js.
  • Node.js is growing day-2-day on market and internet.

When To Use PHP?

I know you might be confusing to which technology we have to use in our project, So its a simple answer is that, depends on your project and skills.
Lets Suppose, we want to create an application(web or app) in which we have to communicate to the server every time or continuously then we must have to use Node.js.
Or let's suppose, we have to create a web application in which we have to communicate to server a rare amount of time then we have to use PHP.

My Recommendation:

As we know, Today tech world we have seen a big or gigantic application are usable. So that kind of heavy application is only handled by new technology its Node.js.
So finally my suggestion is you must have a basic or intermediate knowledge of PHP, So then you know how actually server communication works.
And then you must jump into the Node.js because they used by numbers of a big organization to control heavy application.

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