Reported by:
Cruz, Argel
Guison, Francis
Tablan, Miguel
Tan, Andrew
Ward, Paul Maverick

Both Python and PHP are what have become
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known as interpreted scripting languages for
web applications.
Each has achieved substantial popularity due
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primarily to their ability to facilitate rapid
prototyping.

Both Phyton and PHP are open source.
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Can run almost all platforms without
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recompilation | Extremely portable.
Recommended and supported by large
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developer communities.

Phyton PHP
• Python uses whitespace indentation • Codes with lots curly braces [{ }] and dollar
signs [ $]
• Case Sensitive • PHP variable names are case sensitive, but
the names of functions are case insensitive.
• Doesn’t support a native switch statement •The 'switch' statement and 'do ... while'
Ex: construct
result = { Ex:
‘a': lambda x: x * 5, switch ($value) {
'b': lambda x: x + 7, case 'a': $result = $x * 5; break;
'c': lambda x: x - 2 case 'b': $result = $x + 7; break;
} [value](x) case 'c': $result = $x - 2; break; }
• Functions are declared with the \"def\" • Functions often have prefixes to denote
keyword. their source

PHP Phyton
• Specialized for Web development • A general purpose programming
programming language. language
• The built-in library has a wide variety of • Very clear and concise, syntax of codes
naming conventions
• Not Object oriented • Object-oriented file handling

The PHP is more popular than Phyton in terms
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of scripting languages from the web.
PHP has more resources
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PHP can implement in HTML file. More easier to
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understand.
Unlike PHP, the developer first must understand
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CGI, FASTCGI, MOD_PYTHON, > FLUP, WSGI,
PASTE, etc. to use Phyton.

http://simonwillison.net/2004/May/7/switch/
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http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonVsPhp
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http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-
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list/2007-July/622266.html