{"id":22492,"date":"2022-10-05T07:52:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T07:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/?p=22492"},"modified":"2022-10-05T13:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T13:10:13","slug":"php-for-web-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/php-for-web-development","title":{"rendered":"Why the Hell We Stuck to PHP for Web Development?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_37 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\r\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\r\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\r\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/php-for-web-development\/#The_Ultimate_Checklist_for_Building_An_Incredible_Web_App\" title=\"The Ultimate Checklist for Building An Incredible Web App\">The Ultimate Checklist for Building An Incredible Web App<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/php-for-web-development\/#Is_PHP_Necessary_for_Web_Development\" title=\"Is PHP Necessary for Web Development?\u00a0\">Is PHP Necessary for Web Development?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/php-for-web-development\/#Who_uses_PHP\" title=\"Who uses PHP?\">Who uses PHP?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/php-for-web-development\/#Why_do_so_many_developers_hate_PHP\" title=\"Why do so many developers hate PHP?\">Why do so many developers hate PHP?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/php-for-web-development\/#Reasons_Why_PHP_is_a_Great_Choice_for_Millions_of_Businesses\" title=\"Reasons Why PHP is a Great Choice for Millions of Businesses?\">Reasons Why PHP is a Great Choice for Millions of Businesses?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/php-for-web-development\/#Are_you_aware_of_the_latest_version_of_PHP\" title=\"Are you aware of the latest version of PHP?\u00a0\">Are you aware of the latest version of PHP?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/php-for-web-development\/#The_Ultimate_Checklist_for_Building_An_Incredible_Web_App-2\" title=\"The Ultimate Checklist for Building An Incredible Web App\">The Ultimate Checklist for Building An Incredible Web App<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/php-for-web-development\/#Which_PHP_Frameworks_are_Most_Popular\" title=\"Which PHP Frameworks are Most Popular?\">Which PHP Frameworks are Most Popular?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/php-for-web-development\/#Wrapping_up\" title=\"Wrapping up\">Wrapping up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Over the past two decades, PHP has established itself as a powerful server-side scripting language and it has become the favorite choice for developers to create websites of all types. Do we have no other options? Besides PHP, Java and Python are other popular general-purpose scripting languages. W3TECH reports that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/comparison\/pl-java,pl-php,pl-python\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">77% of all websites use PHP<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, followed by java with 4.5%, and Python with 1.4%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Additionally, PHP is platform independent, which means that it can be used on Mac OS, Windows, or Linux.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Web-Technology-Survey.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Web-Technology-Survey.jpg\" alt=\"Web Technology Survey 2022\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Choosing a programming language for web development can be confusing, especially when you have many options. One such general-purpose scripting language is what we know as PHP. Abbreviated for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">hypertext preprocessor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, PHP is used to develop dynamic and interactive websites. Interestingly, it was among the first server-side languages that can be embedded into HTML. 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As almost all languages are somehow equally robust. However, it is essential to know what determines the selection. To make it easy, consider the three important points that help you choose a programming language for web development.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Skills:<\/strong> The thorough knowledge of the language will serve you better. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">(PHP is fairly easy to learn and execute)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Requirements:<\/strong> The attributes you intend to have for your web development can guide you well. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">(PHP with upgraded version provides ample features to utilize)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Availability:<\/strong> The programming language might require other revenues involved with it to work. <i>(PHP is free of cost)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_uses_PHP\"><\/span><b>Who uses PHP?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">PHP is designed to be simple and its priority on usability makes it a great choice for small businesses and large enterprises just the same. Let us take some well-known examples that use PHP for web development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>These are lists of the world&#8217;s most popular websites that are built using PHP:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Who-uses-PHP.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22512 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Who-uses-PHP.jpg\" alt=\"most popular websites that are built using PHP\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>1. WordPress<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>35,47,741 WordPress websites also use PHP.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">It is a profound content management system (CMS) that uses PHP for database interaction and fetching data. Here PHP receives the main components from the database to reflect output as the static HTML. Its users even with little or no coding experience, can drag and drop the UI components to create and use new templates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Wikipedia<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>The core &amp; powerful platform of Wikipedia- MediaWiki, is written in PHP.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">MediaWiki works out for collecting and organizing knowledge to make it available to its larger mass of users. Combined with PHP it uses MySQL for the database backend. They implemented HHVM that enables the extraction of high performance from PHP code.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>3. Facebook<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Facebook, the most popular social network with millions of users, was developed primarily using PHP.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Since its founding in 2004, Facebook has leveraged PHP&#8217;s capability to generate dynamic content in seconds. Zuckerberg and Moskowitz wrote all the Facebook application code in PHP at its inception. Today, a large number of tech companies use PHP because of this domino effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>4. Slack<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>The <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/slack.engineering\/taking-php-seriously\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>chief architect at Slack<\/b><\/a><b> refers to PHP-the-language might have flaws, but PHP-as-environment has virtues to compensate for the flaws.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Slack was established as a go-to communication platform for teams back in 2009 that has over 3 M daily users now. The server-side application logic of Slack is well-taken care of by PHP.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>5. MailChimp<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>As an email marketing service company, they affirm that PHP is the <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/tech.ccmbg.com\/blog\/ewww-you-use-php-mailchimp-email-marketing-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>most sophisticated framework<\/b><\/a><b> for their environment.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">MailChimp is regarded as the largest marketing automation platform with over 13 M total users. PHP is the primary language they use for development. Also to claim it is the only language they use for everything touching the production of MailChimp application.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>6. Spotify<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>By the use of Symfony2, Spotify made it easier for the users to get the music faster by reducing the search time.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Spotify is a cloud music streaming platform with 288 M premium subscribers to date. The improved usage of PHP allows its users to access millions of songs with a simple search.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>7. Canva<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Canva was built on PHP-only, later integrated with Node.js to stretch its feature set. Although a majority of Canva back-end tasks are still taken care of by PHP.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Canva is a designing tool that is originally built on PHP. It engages more than 10 M global users by allowing them to create great design projects without any hindrances.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>8. Etsy<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>With over <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/409375\/etsy-active-buyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>96.3 million<\/b><\/a><b> active buyers, Etsy has become one of the top ten most popular retail PHP websites in the US.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As a result, Etsy becomes one of the largest e-commerce sites built on PHP. Etsy is the most competitive organization in the retail sector that uses PHP. For webpage performance optimizations, they documented their experiments with HHVM. Moreover, they released Phan, which detects PHP 5\/7 incompatibilities automatically.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_so_many_developers_hate_PHP\"><\/span><b>Why do so many developers hate PHP?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">To understand this, it is pretty much important to know that PHP was initially not a language, rather it was a set of tools for exclusive usage. Some of the functional aspects that do not favor PHP, surely make people resent its usage. Let us know those attributes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Why-do-so-many-developers-hate-PHP.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22494 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Why-do-so-many-developers-hate-PHP.jpg\" alt=\"Why do so many developers hate PHP?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Incongruent functions &#8211;<\/strong> PHP is not intuitive. There are often unsystematic syntaxes, inconsistency, and unpredictability in function naming as there are no strict rules regarding parameter order. Due to this, even though it is one of the easiest languages to learn, only experienced developers can assure whether your code will be clean enough to function.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Lack of progressive libraries &#8211;<\/strong> Of course if you Google \u2018PHP libraries\u2019 you will find plenty of options to create a prominent web application. The only complication is PHP not having libraries that can support the modern trends of technology to develop an enduring web application. It surely requires enhancements.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Security concerns &#8211;<\/strong> PHP is patronized for its being \u2018easy peasy\u2019 with public accessibility. However, the same features make it vulnerable to malicious attacks. This is really a matter of discussion around by many developers. If this is analyzed rightly, such incidents come up when the coding is done by non-professionals. Indeed the ease of coding in PHP for web development allows even the newbies to code a great web application, but as a consequence face security issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">So let\u2019s not blame it all on PHP, get it done by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/web-application-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">professional web developers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> as the experience factor plays a critical role in web development by PHP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Despite the antagonist thinking for PHP in web development, it is knotty to see PHP failing to be seen in the developer\u2019s tech stack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Let\u2019s see why!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reasons_Why_PHP_is_a_Great_Choice_for_Millions_of_Businesses\"><\/span><b>Reasons Why PHP is a Great Choice for Millions of Businesses?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">PHP is indeed an old programming language, but it is equally remarkable that PHP has spread its wings. This has brought a lot of enhancements to the of use PHP in web development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Reasons-Why-PHP-is-a-Great-Choice-for-Millions-of-Businesses-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Reasons-Why-PHP-is-a-Great-Choice-for-Millions-of-Businesses-1.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons-Why-PHP-is-a-Great-Choice for-Millions-of-Businesses\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flexibility &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u00a0 PHP allows you to work with nearly any database whether it be MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Compatibility &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">PHP is a cross-platform language, that makes it compatible with any operating system including Linux, Windows, and macOS.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Scalability &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">PHP is always a clever solution if you are limited in budget. It is one most affordable in terms of the overall cost to run and maintain a web application.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Well-documentation &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> PHP with its modulation gained sophistication to have clear documentation of APIs, especially during web development planning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Well-supported &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> PHP is now even supported by various cloud services naming one AWS. Thus it can also fit well in cloud-based web application development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>High-performance &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> PHP in web applications can integrate CMS solutions along with the add-ons, eventually creating a vibrant, responsive, and resource-rich experience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Quick &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> PHP with its latest version 8.0 includes a JIT compiler, making it faster than before.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">All these modulations have been added to upgrade the functionality of PHP in web development. So if you use the older versions then it is obvious you would resonate with using PHP for web development.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_you_aware_of_the_latest_version_of_PHP\"><\/span><b>Are you aware of the latest version of PHP?\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">PHP development began in 1994, with no intention to develop it as a programming language. Hence the early versions were just the addition of the next logical step on the way. Now, the table has turned!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Are-you-aware-of-the-latest-version-of-php.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22496 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Are-you-aware-of-the-latest-version-of-php.jpg\" alt=\"latest version of PHP\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The latest version of PHP is PHP 8.1 released on November 25, 2021. This release of PHP version 8.1 included several improvements.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Support for Enums<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Support for ReadOnly properties<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Support for array unpacking with string keys<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Support for using \u2018new\u2019 in initializers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Support for pure intersection types\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Addition of new syntax for creating callables<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">These and even <\/span><a 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This is well provided by the PHP frameworks with the benefits including; writing less code, libraries for common tasks, data sanitization, faster development, and easy maintenance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The preference of selecting a PHP framework includes the right balance of the utility features required for the development project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Here are some of the most favored PHP frameworks that make it convenient for the easy development of PHP web applications:<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>1. Laravel<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Laravel.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22498 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Laravel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Laravel is one of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stateoflaravel.com\/?filter=2yQwXV38fQr89Wep4dNNtpACtMFumCMmpMaYBajXrzwzgUhXLaRgzpXzBN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">most extensively used<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> web development with the users&#8217; list involving <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vogue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Vogue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascot.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Ascot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">. The advanced features that make it the best PHP framework include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>MVC Architecture &#8211;<\/strong> which makes it more appealing for the developers to improve the performance of web applications<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Modular Library &#8211;<\/strong> multiple functions and features are exclusive to laravel\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Robust Templates &#8211;<\/strong> the lightweight templates allow developers to create a flawless web application with integrated CSS and pleasing layouts\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Data Migration &#8211;<\/strong> automatic, hassle-free migration of data without any loss\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Strong Security &#8211;<\/strong> ability to create SQL statements to prevent SQL injection attacks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Testing &#8211;<\/strong> effortless multiple unit tests ensure proper execution of modified codes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to providing developer-friendly packages, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/laravel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Laravel development services<\/strong><\/a> help ensure that the web&#8217;s functionality is not sacrificed during the development process.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"related-post\">\n<div class=\"related-post-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/laravel-8-to-9.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"409\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"related-post-text\">\n<h4>Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Upgrade from Laravel 8 to 9<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"bluebtn1 btnarrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/laravel-9-upgrade-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>2. CodeIgniter<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CodeIgniter.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CodeIgniter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/codeigniter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CodeIgniter<\/a> is one highly selected framework by eCommerce businesses like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gshock.casio.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">G Shock<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woobox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">WooBox<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">. The significant features that stimulate the selection of this framework include,<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Significantly smaller footprint &#8211;<\/strong> 2MB download including user manual, yet fully self-contained<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Simple UI &#8211;<\/strong> enhances UX by finding bugs that might hinder website functionality<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Strong forum support &#8211;<\/strong> more than 60,000 members in the support community add ease to the usage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Good speed with Minimum coding &#8211;<\/strong> the lesser you type the fewer mistake you make, and the lesser debugging time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>SEO friendly &#8211;<\/strong> inherent SEO-friendly feature support website structure consistency with enhanced functionality without disarranging website layout<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>3. Symfony<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Symfony.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22503 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aceinfoway.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Symfony.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Symfony possesses mainly all the characteristics of a modern framework used by well-known users like\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.vaio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">SonyVaio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelpeaceprize.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The Noble Peace Prize<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">. It is a feature-rich PHP framework that streamlines the process of web application development with some interesting features:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Customization &#8211;<\/strong> offers two types of customization full stack and brick-by-brick<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Sustainability &#8211;<\/strong> commercially supported by Sensiolabs for lifetime security issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Developers Community &#8211;<\/strong> participation of over 600,000 developers from more than 120 countries<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Refined MVC &#8211;<\/strong> freedom to easily separate business logic from user presentation for better reusability<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wrapping_up\"><\/span><b>Wrapping up<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">PHP is the most popular server-side script which is in use by over 200 million websites in the world. 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