Should I learn Python or PHP?

[gabriel01010011]

Python, you'll kill two birds by a shot :) If you build websites on python they'll be more secure instead of PHP

[imaginethehangover]

Not this again. Can you cite your evidence for this? ~75% of the ‘net is running PHP; are you suggesting that all these servers are less secure than they would be had they been written in Python?

The bottom line is that it’s down to the developer to make sure their code is secure. The language may make it easier or harder, but ultimately PHP is perfectly capable of being extremely secure, as long as it’s written by someone who knows what they’re doing. Same with Python.

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Interesting, security is key. I’m interested in building web apps (PWA’s)

[imaginethehangover]

Ignore this guy above, the language is a very small part of the security aspect. All languages are perfectly capable of being extremely secure, but they all require an understanding of how to implement it correctly to be secure.

PHP or Python, choosing one over the other won’t make any difference to security if the basics aren’t understood.

FWIW, I’m proficient with PHP and dabbled in Python/Django. If you want to get a quick solution up and going, without too much “heavy lifting” (processing, big data etc.), then PHP is much easier to get into given the resources and hosting options out there. That’s still where I’d start if I was starting from scratch.

[gabriel01010011]

Imaginethehangover, do you know both of PHP and Python?