For my devs, php or js

[Jonah Hoffman]

I personally prefer php

 

[ShayPunter]

I prefer PHP, mainly because its more widespread and the majority of web apps are built using PHP now. Though NodeJS is starting to make a stance now

 

[luaq]

Depends on what I'm using it for. In cases where I am building a web API, I'd probably go with JavaScript (NodeJS & ExpressJS). If it's for handling form data (e.g. logging in, registering, etc.) then I typically use PHP. If we're talking JavaScript that's downloaded by the browser and handled client-side, then I would advise limiting your use with it because anything that's client-side authentication is very risky and can almost always be reverse-engineered. The only time I use JavaScript that's downloaded to be run client-side is when I need something to be done that HTML + CSS cannot do alone (e.g. changing navbar on scroll, fancy animations, etc).

TL;DR It depends, they both have their perks.

 

[Eric]

PHP generally is decent, if you know what you're doing. If you don't, it can be dangerous.

Node is alright, but express is often times slower than a standard LEMP stack (PHP+NGINX).

 

[supportrequest]

PHP generally is decent, if you know what you're doing. If you don't, it can be dangerous.

Node is alright, but express is often times slower than a standard LEMP stack (PHP+NGINX).

Could you elaborate how it could be dangerous?

 

[Eric]

Could you elaborate how it could be dangerous?

Easily exploitable through SQL injections and XSS attacks if the developer doesn't manually filter it correctly. You wouldn't believe the amount of sites I've worked on where the previous dev completely disregarded all safety procedures.

 

[Zigenzag]

PHP all the way, if your doing Web API's then it would be easier (and imo better) using Laravel than Node personally

 

[on]

php, no doubt it’s easier to use and better in my opinion