PHP vs Ruby on Rails

[uaecasher]

hello,

I'm interested in learning Ruby on Rails i heard that it's better than PHP is it true? and what side is it better than PHP

 

[angelwatt]

Depends on what you're wanting to do. From what I've read, Ruby on Rails was designed to make database web apps quicker to develop. Not necessarily a better web app though. The programmer makes the biggest difference in any language.

 

[Kaliemon]

Ruby on Rails is a framework, not a language like php. So it would be better to compare Ruby on Rails to something like the Zend Framework or other php frameworks.

With that being said. I find ROR a much faster development environment. I was asking the same question as you about a year ago and discovered the best thing to do is try different PHP frameworks and ROR. If you are coming from a PHP background, you'll find ROR a bit frustrating at times due to its concept of convention over configuration.

I will say that I have switched to ROR as my primary development target. And now things that used to take several days with php take a couple hours at most with ROR. I will definitely say that just by learning ROR, I became a better programmer.

An important thing to remember is PHP is supported by almost every host at a cheap rate, and ROR will require a VPS or dedicated host.

To sum it all up. I think ROR is better than any php framework.

 

[designgenies]

hello,

I'm interested in learning Ruby on Rails i heard that it's better than PHP is it true? and what side is it better than PHP

PHP is just a programming language whereas Ruby on rails is a framework.

 

[sbauer]

If I were to develop an application and I had to pick Ruby on Rails, or PHP with any PHP framework, I would pick Rails without a doubt.

However, my opinion is a little biased as I'm not a PHP fan.