It’s hard to explain just how much easier PHP made creating a dynamic web site back in the 90s / early 00s.
You drop a file in your public web server folder and you’re done. Prior was CGI Perl scripts that hacked together how to access session and rest data. Or you had to develop in C. PHP had native support for the web. It also eliminate the need for an app server.
I’m still not certain even today, if anything exists that is faster to get a dynamic site up and running than PHP.
You drop a file in your public web server folder and you’re done. Prior was CGI Perl scripts that hacked together how to access session and rest data. Or you had to develop in C. PHP had native support for the web. It also eliminate the need for an app server.
I’m still not certain even today, if anything exists that is faster to get a dynamic site up and running than PHP.