Why do people label PHP as too simple language?

Question

OK...we all know how cool linux is and how windows sucks...when you are 18. But other than that I don't get all the "c++ is hot" thing, and when you program on PHP - then it's the limit of your skills...that's it.
Speaking of which - I am an award winning programmer, not that I am bragging or something, but other than how you should think of releasing memory and the lack of proper IDE - C++ is even easier than C sharp or even PHP. Finally, I am saying this as C programmer too(I don't like the word "developer" btw :P).
For instance, writing a function within a class(you read that one write...), changing variables and trying to apply mathematical operations or executing a wrong mysql query - now think again if PHP is so straight forward and easy? - it's very confusing and won't help you like .NET visual studio with it's intellisense and menus.

Answer 1

I'm quite fluent in PHP, I find it pretty easy to write code in.



C or C++ on the other hand, damn I'm lucky if I can get my code to compile 1 time in 10. Admittedly I'm no-where near as proficient as I am with PHP.



To "I have a cold :(", that's possibly the most incorrect code I have ever seen, were you being extremely ironic?

Answer 2

Is there such a thing as too simple?

I think the reason people label php as too simple is that you can do useful things without creating all of your own special functions and libraries.

Php does what it needs to do, and you can just pop it in the middle of anywhere, and have it do its thing.

Also, the error correction system makes application programmers sad.



C++ is powerful, but it is a pain in the ***. You have to do everything manually, all of the functions have bizarre names, and it lends itsself to being very unreadable.

Answer 3

I love PHP, math functions are pretty easy. I'll give you a simple example of a math function if you want:






$ten = 10;



if {

$ten * 10 = 20;

}

echo "You got the question right!";



else {

echo "You got the answer wrong, it equals 20"l

}



?>



It'll output

You got the question right!

-Billy