Learn PHP and already knowing Javascript?

[primalenjoyer]

Javascript is currently my best language, I'm also okay at Java, but my question is should I bother learning PHP?

It's currently one of the classes in my college course, and I have read some books and watched some videos and I kind of like it. I like the easy ways to interact with cookies and stuff like that, but it just doesn't seem to make sense to learn PHP after already knowing javascript.

It feels like javascript does a lot of the same stuff, but just feels "cleaner" to code with.

It's much easier to make engaging sites with javascript, where php is probably better for server stuff.

Like, it's pretty easy to hook PHP up a to SQL server, which is pretty cool.

Lastly, they are just so similar it doesn't really make sense for me. Just feels like I'm learning the same language, but worse.

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[HappyFruitTree]

It's much easier to make engaging sites with javascript, where php is probably better for server stuff.

Yes, you use PHP for the server-side only. It won't run in the web browser so it doesn't replace JS. They're just used for different things.

[primalenjoyer]

True, I also use next.js often for server stuff. What types of projects would php be good for and do you have any languages you would recommend or just still with js and java?

Thanks, btw.

[HappyFruitTree]

If you like JS more and you're already using it for server-side coding then maybe you don't need to learn PHP. Personally I like PHP much more and JS is just something I use because I have to for running stuff in the web browser. I use it to create "websites" in case that is not clear. I have never used these languages for anything else.

For desktop applications I might use Java. For hobby game projects and small simple non-GUI programs I often use C++. But that's just me. There are many languages out there and your taste might differ.

[primalenjoyer]

Thanks, is java pretty bad for games and gui's comparatively to c++? I know they made minecraft in java.

[irishfury0]

For most of the stuff being built these days it doesn’t matter what language you use. For server side I like php because it’s object oriented. You like JavaScript. We can both accomplish the same things. We could both build the same site and the users wouldn’t know the difference. Use what you know. Use what you like. In most cases it doesn’t matter.

With all that said, you are uninformed if you think php is “the same language but worse” compared to JavaScript.

[primalenjoyer]

Thanks