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Chris · 07-30-2008, 10:03 PM

Depends on what you mean. It's not going to fall off the face of the earth, but I wouldn't suggest that it's necessarily going to be as profitable to learn/master as some other languages. For better or worse, ASP has been adopted by many corporations and powers a great many of the larger websites you sometimes see. Ditto for JSP (Java Server Pages). There's still plenty of need for PHP programmers, of course.

Generally, if someone were just looking to make some money, I suppose I'd steer them towards ASP/JSP. If they were primarily looking for a language with which to build sites for themselves or on their own, I'd suggest PHP. It has a fine future either way, though.

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Chris Status: Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 6 Trader Rating: (0) TD$: 45.00 Donate	Re: whether php having a good future? Depends on what you mean. It's not going to fall off the face of the earth, but I wouldn't suggest that it's necessarily going to be as profitable to learn/master as some other languages. For better or worse, ASP has been adopted by many corporations and powers a great many of the larger websites you sometimes see. Ditto for JSP (Java Server Pages). There's still plenty of need for PHP programmers, of course. Generally, if someone were just looking to make some money, I suppose I'd steer them towards ASP/JSP. If they were primarily looking for a language with which to build sites for themselves or on their own, I'd suggest PHP. It has a fine future either way, though.