PHP 5: A Sign That PHP Could Soon Be Owned By Sun

Wednesday, Aug. 4 2004 | Author: Scrivs

I will be upfront about this and admit that I didn’t even bother reading this article. The title alone made me wonder WTF this person was thinking when writing the article. I am sure after reading it I would only go “WTF” all over again. If you happen to read it please feel free to tell me what you think abou it.

At first glance, the obvious changes to PHP are a result of the success of the Java platform and the weaknesses of PHP revealed when making a comparison. With the release of PHP 5, it’s apparent that the developers of PHP and the Zend Engine (which are essentially one and the same) felt compelled to make PHP much more like Java with respect to object-oriented programming. With its new interoperability with Java, as it states on Zend’s web site, “full integration with Java will be closer than ever before.” Hmmm, full integration with Java, huh?

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One Response for "PHP 5: A Sign That PHP Could Soon Be Owned By Sun"

Nicole

August 4th, 2004 at 9:17 pm
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Man, this guy is doomsday-ist. Sheesh. I was lost on the extrapolation from making PHP integrate with Java to PHP being too expensive to develop in in five years. WTF is right.

While this version of PHP does provide a much better object model and added features, is this the beginning of the end of PHP as the choice of web scripting language for the open-source community and developers not under the employ of corporations? Will the average developer still be using PHP five years from now, or will the usefulness of PHP be limited to companies who can afford to shell out thousands of dollars for all of the necessary software that may be required to make PHP a viable option for development (along with the purchase of products from Sun, Macromedia, Oracle, Borland and others)?

The author switches between completely non-connected ideas faster than I can snap my fingers. I would think if he’s going to make such a strong statement, his arguments should at least be coherent.