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Is PHP ready for the Enterprise?

Come on, tell me, how many times have you heard that question? No, stop counting with your fingers: they are not enough. Nowadays — just a month ago for example — we still have this question coming out every now and then.

I think the answer that can stop this question for a long time, let’s say forever, can be found in the article I linked above (which of course it’s the same thing I would say to anyone asking this question):

I think the sheer amount of large, complex websites (Facebook, Yahoo, Flickr) based on PHP, sheer amount of complex off-the-shelf apps (SugarCRM, OpenPro, CMS’s) based on PHP and enterprises relying on PHP for either their corporate websites or their internal systems – is a testament to the fact that PHP’s feature set is mature and that we should continue in the same direction.

Well, maybe it’s not exactly the form I would have used. I can imagine I would have said something like:

Please, just pay attention to the extension of this URL: http://www.facebook.com/home.php. Cheers.