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PHP in the enterprise
In a recent post in the Open Road blog, Matt Asay describes how "PHP and other dynamic programming languages have left their infancies and are rapidly closing the gap on their more stodgy competitors." He mentions several trends behind this growth: an increase in the skills around open source technologies; a more widespread acceptance of open source in the enterprise; and the inherent advantages of PHP and its ilk, including speed of delivery, flexibility, ease of use, lower costs, and community support.
We can only agree. Among our clients, we have the largest privately-owned publishing company in the UK; two of the Top 10 telecoms companies in the UK; the world’s largest fixed-odds betting company; the sixth most visited website in the UK; and 8 London Stock Exchange listed organisations. Enterprise? We’d like to think so.
As noted in many of the visitor comments, however, PHP has its problems. Since it’s so easy to get started with the language, the web is full of good examples of how it should not be used. With PHP, it is crucial that developers adhere to strict software engineering standards (you can get a good overview in this presentation, or this one that covers not only PHP but other dynamic languages as well).
If you are looking to professionalise your PHP development, either through training, mentoring or consulting, get in touch with us. We can help.
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