Why I Like PHP
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Most programmers at my level of genius and experience scoff at the PHP language for web development. So why do I use it on my web page?
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Back in the day, I wrote a lot of code in C, and PHP reminds me of those heady, mostly-untyped days of youth. The days when you had no idea what you were doing and just threw code all over the place without any regard for structure or organization, hoping and praying that you ended up with something that worked more often than it crashed your hard drive.
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I use a “budget” Linux web host, so it’s the only option available.
Okay, admittedly reason #2 is probably the more dominant of those two reasons. But I still enjoy tinkering with my PHP web site. It’s like tinkering with an old car. It’s held together with spit and duct tape in some places. You have to use old-school tools like hammers and wrenches. But at the end of the day, it’s YOUR car made just the way you like it, with YOUR sweat and blood and tears in it, with YOUR soul driving it. And sometimes, when the morning sun strikes that old chrome at just the right angle, it carries you back to the day your car came rolling new out of the factory, shining bright and ready to take on the world.
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