Go or PHP? Is There a Clear Choice in the Present Times

1. Get started Open in app Backend Developers Go or PHP? Is There a Clear Choice in the Present Times Follow Ajay Kapoor Oct 25 · 6 min read PHP and Go are two programming languages that have been around for decades, and these both have their strengths and weaknesses. Nowadays, entrepreneurs are looking for languages like PHP and Go to quickly build their web-based applications with minimal costs. The below graph compares the market share of the selected technologies to the most popular server-side programming languages in terms of popularity and tra몭c.

2. Source But which one should you choose? This article will discuss the di몭erence between PHP and Go to help you decide what language is best for your needs. Before that, let’s look at the pros and cons of both languages to make the right decision when choosing one over the other. Advantages of Go

3. Go was created by Google for building simple, fast, and reliable software. It provides concurrency mechanisms that make it easy to write programs that get more done in less time while also being less susceptible to crashing. Go enables system-level concurrent programming, which makes it powerful. Here are some of the pros of Go: Go is backed by Google It comes with an extensive community support It is straightforward to use Go has a short compiling time It gives high performance Most common Go applications: Go shines the brightest when it comes to creating the following types of applications: Cloud-Native Applications Distributed Networked Services Fast and Elegant CLIs Support DevOps and SRE Web Development Utilities And Stand-alone Tools PHP Advantages

4. What is so great about PHP? It’s a popular language that has been around for decades. As a result, it has a massive community of users and PHP programmers who have solved many issues web developers face today. It is so easy to use, you can do more with less code than most other languages out there. Below are some of the pros of PHP: It’s free and open source It provides excellent frameworks and ongoing improvement processes PHP o몭ers unique community-packages It o몭ers simple deployment techniques as well as tool assistance PHP has an extensive community support PHP Applications Now I’ll show you some of the most important applications of the PHP language in many 몭elds: Building Web Pages and Web Apps Web Content Management System Building Desktop GUI-based Applications eCommerce Applications PHP vs. Go: What’s the Difference? #1 Popularity

5. #1 Popularity In terms of popularity, PHP has 93 million websites using it, while Go has 18 million. PHP is more popular due to its short learning curve and the fact that many resources are available on how to learn it. Go’s syntax can be confusing because of all the multi-level pointers at 몭rst glance, but after looking into it more, you will see that it is evident and e몭cient once you get the hang of all the pointers. Winner: PHP #2 Performance and speed Performance and speed are important factors when deciding which programming language to use. The PHP core team has worked hard to make PHP faster, and with PHP 7, they have succeeded. However, there are certain caveats to that evolution. Every time a web request is made, PHP famously resets your entire application. That’s not a problem for the most part. However, if you’re dealing with an application that has to share resources across requests, this can be a problem. Sharing resources might be problematic because PHP creates and destroys the complete program with each request. Go is faster and more e몭cient than PHP in this regard but also has a steeper learning curve. However, if speed is most important to you when developing an app, Go would be better. To get the best results, you can also hire Golang developers. Winner: Go #3 Security Go isgaining in popularity as a language for security specialists. Its widespread use in server and cloud contexts, speed and ease of use, and apparent data analysis capabilities have made it a top choice for businesses who must consider security. PHP, on the other hand, has a dreadful track record when it comes to security. Even though most security vulnerabilities have been resolved thanks to solid community

6. assistance, PHP falls short of Go in terms of security. Winner: Go #4 Scalability When products thrive, businesses expand, and as the company grows, its user base also expands. In this circumstance, having an application that can readily adapt to constantly changing client and market expectations would become a top priority for any company. As a result, it’s critical to select an app development technology that can assist your company in scaling up. Golang’s excellent support can assist you in developing and maintaining highly scalable databases. Standard SQL and other database packages such as Oracle, MongoDB, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, and others can be readily used using Go database drivers. PHP, on the other hand, is less receptive to new demands and trends. Despite its continuous improvement, PHP lags behind Go apps in terms of scalability and loses the ‘Go vs. PHP: Scalability’ war. Winner: Go #5 Community Support There is a lot of community support for Go and its other versions, and also being backed by Google, its community support increases a little more than that of PHP. PHP also has a vast backup and lots of community support for continuous system improvement as per the current standards. Winner: It’s a tie Go vs. PHP: Which Companies Use These Tools? Let’s have a look at some of the most well-known companies that use Go and PHP.

7. Go To increase the e몭ciency of their geofence lookup microservice, Uber switched to Go in 2016. Uber decided to switch to Go for a variety of reasons. PHP Facebook, the most well-known social networking web application with over 1.49 billion active members, was built primarily with PHP. Since its inception in 2004, Facebook has taken advantage of PHP’s capacity to generate dynamic content in a matter of seconds.

8. Go vs. PHP: Which One Should You Choose? After comparing Go vs. PHP performance across various metrics, it’s clear that these are the two most signi몭cant languages for application development. Still, each has its own set of advantages and disadvantages. If you’re looking for something with a low learning curve, then PHP might be better suited for your needs. However, if speed is most important to you when developing an app, Go would be the better option. So, before deciding on one of them, you should compare the features of both Golang and PHP. As a result, based on the type of project, the time commitment, and other criteria, one of these two approaches should be chosen to achieve the desired result. If you are still confused, then contact an IT consulting company in India to seek assistance. They can e몭ectively assist you and cater to all your requirements. Good Luck! Frequently asked questions: Q1. Is Go better than PHP in terms of speed? Go outperforms PHP in terms of speed. There are hundreds of benchmarks that compare PHP vs. Go in various scenarios, and in the vast majority of them, GoLang comes out on top. Furthermore, Go has the impression of being faster while developing. With Go, tests run faster, memory is used more e몭ciently, and CPU use is lower. Q2. Will PHP be useful in 2022? This is still one of PHP’s most compelling features. Nonetheless, because PHP version 7.4 is signi몭cantly more capable than its predecessor, the quantity and variety of options have expanded tremendously. Q3. Are there any other companies that use Go? Go is becoming more popular around the world, particularly but not primarily in the cloud computing arena. Docker and Kubernetes are two signi몭cant cloud infrastructure

9. projects written in Go, although there are many more. Companies currently using Go throughout the world are: Alibaba Google SoundCloud Dropbox Thanks to Sunil Sandhu. Sign up for Backend Developers Newsletter By Backend Developers Chat and share with over a thousand backend engineers worldwide. We're building the biggest Backend Development virtual user group in the world. https://masteringbackend.com/slack Take a look. Your email Get this newsletter By signing up, you will create a Medium account if you don’t already have one. Review our Privacy Policy for more information about our privacy practices.

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