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PHP
33 lines
2.0 KiB
PHP
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commonHeader("Interesting Numbers");
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<h3>Is PHP the most popular server-embedded scripting language on the Net?</h3>
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<P>
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Perl rules the cgi scripting world. No argument with that. But when it comes to
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dedicated web scripting languages embedded in the web server the case can be made for
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this statement to be true.
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</P>
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<P>
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The latest <a href="/usage.php3">PHP usage numbers</a> from <a href="http://www.netcraft.com">Netcraft</a> are in.
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Out of <b>7,370,946</b> visible domains on the Internet, <b>795,034 (10.79%)</b> showed they were on servers with the Apache module
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version of PHP installed. Of the 7 million+ visible domains, <b>4,078,326</b> domains are on Apache or Apache-derived
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servers capable of running the Apache module version of PHP and PHP is on <b>19.49%</b> of those.
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</P>
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<P>
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To answer our question we need to look at the two main contenders: ASP and Cold Fusion. Consider that there are
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<b>1,632,440</b> IIS-driven domains. Let's be generous and say that perhaps 75% of the IIS-driven domains use
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some sort of server-side scripting. That leaves <b>1,224,330</b> domains. And if ASP has 60% of that market,
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that gives it <b>734,598</b> domains with
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<b>489,732</b> domains to be split up between Cold Fusion and others. If we look at domains running Netscape servers,
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we see <b>557,498</b> of those. Assuming the server-side scripting is split up between Cold Fusion and LiveWire and others,
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this might give Cold Fusion another <b>200,000</b> potential domains if we are being generous, again.
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</P>
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<P>The marketshare percentages used here were completely pulled out of a hat (a red one, actually) and have
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no factual basis. They might be completely different. If either ASP or Cold Fusion is on more domains than
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the Apache module version of PHP, then the other is way behind. But, if our rough estimates here are correct,
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PHP could very well be ahead of both ASP and Cold Fusion. We don't know about you, but we think that is pretty
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cool.
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</P>
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