Alternatives to PHP for all platforms with any license

Python

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, and is free...

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High Level Object-oriented Language Dynamic typing Garbage Collection ... Modular System Object-oriented Language Rad Add a feature

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JavaScript

JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web...
- JavaScript is good for back-end, node.js can do everything, has a lot of advantages compared to php, for example node.js do better routing. Guest • Oct 2019 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- NodeJS is faster and more secure than PHP Guest • Nov 2019 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Javascript is for front end code Guest • Oct 2015 • 4 agrees and 21 disagrees
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Asynchronous Dynamic typing Interpreted language Programmers Documentation ... Prototype-based inheritance Scripting language Web Development Add a feature

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Java

Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation...

Free Personal Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... Java Mobile S60 HP webOS Blackberry Android Tablet BSD Blackberry 10 PlayBook Kindle Fire
Object-oriented Language Coding Cross-platform Garbage Collection ... Object-oriented Language X86/x64 Compatibility Add a feature

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Ruby

Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated...

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Blocks Dynamic typing Package Manager Text processing ... Interpreter Object-oriented Language Add a feature

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Lua

Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on...
- Can do all that PHP does. Usable for all sorts of software, not just web. Super slim, the opposite of bloatware. Summary: maximum benefit, minimum burden. Guest • Mar 2018 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
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Scripting language Configuration Scripting Add a feature

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Perl

Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 30 years of development.

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Shell integration Add a feature

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Haskell

Haskell is an advanced purely-functional programming language. An open-source product of more than twenty years of cutting-edge research, it allows rapid development of...

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Functional Language Static typing Tail Call Optimization Add a feature

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D (Programming Language)

D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and programmer productivity. ...

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Contract programming Functional Language High Level Multiparadigm ... Object-oriented Language Add a feature

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Scala

Scala is a modern multi-paradigm programming language based on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and...

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Compiled Language Compiler Functional Language Object-oriented Language Add a feature

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Tcl

Tcl (originally from "Tool Command Language", but conventionally rendered as "Tcl" rather than "TCL"; pronounced as "tickle" or...

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Gui Rad Scripting Scripting language Add a feature

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