A more object-oriented alternative to PHP?

Question

Is there a better language than PHP for server-side scripting? I love PHP, but after two years of Java for college, I am also in love with object orientation. I understand that PHP 5 has support for classes and objects, but it is not a natural construct and it feels weird trying to program in classes when all the built-in functions you use aren't.

I have tried ASP before but I couldn't stand it; making a simple database connection is far too unnecessarily difficult. What other OOP web server languages are there?

Answer 1

Ruby on Rails, I suppose, would be an alternative, in terms of web scripting. Personally I prefer PHP to Ruby, but it's really just a matter of opinion.

Answer 2

Java can be used for the server side stuff, so I would look at its features.



If you want a truly object-oriented system I'm afraid that might mean looking at ASP.NET. You say you tried ASP, which was the older version of ASP.NET, and didn't like it. If you didn't mean ASP.NET, then ASP and ASP.NET are very dissimilar.



"Traditional" web development tends to involve interspersing HTML and another language. Under the hood something mucky is going on, the HTML is being converted into a write statement. This is a very procedural way to work, but is simple to implement.



ASP.NET can be used to implement code the old way, however it also supports a far more object-oriented fashion. The pages are merely templates that wrap themselves around an object model. The code behind the page merely exposes the object model that the page wraps itself around. As the code behind is just exposing an object-model it can be unit tested really easily and thoroughly. Because the pages contain no code, they can be radically restyled and restructured without touching the code behind.



You may also find that ASP.NET database connections are easier than you remember. Normally you just sign into the database in the server explorer and then drag the connection into your project.

Answer 3

You can try Ruby or Python, although not necessarily server scripting languages.

Answer 4

Why not use Java, since you already know it? Plenty of Java web applications out there.

Answer 5

look into COBOL. It's 2002 standard has support for object-oriented programming.

Answer 6

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