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    Is PHP ready for enterprise?

Zend's recent successes and partnerships with Microsoft, Rackspace and others may be signalling that open source programming language PHP is ready to take on Java in the enterprise market.

By by Barney Hanlon, 21 Feb 2008 at 11:05

Speaking before coming to the UK for the PHPLondon'08 conference, he said: "We're seeing more and more uptake in PHP for business applications. It's being taken more seriously."

Referring to a recent survey by Nexen that puts PHP adoption on the Web at 33 per cent, Jansch compared the uptake of PHP in commercial applications to the rise of Linux. "We're seeing the same pattern. There was a time when Linux was thought of as a hobby for enthusiasts only. Now look at the market. It's the same for PHP too."

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