PHP vs JavaScript: An In-Depth Comparison of the Two Scripting Languages

Want to dive deep into two of the most popular scripting languages? 👩‍💻 Discover their similarities, differences, and an in-depth comparison chart here!

PHP and JavaScript are both scripting languages that web developers use frequently. But each has its own nuances and use cases.

Did you know that JavaScript was originally known as Mocha? Or that the name PHP came from Personal Home Page Tools? 🤔

In this video, we’ll explore the differences between the two, and when you should use each language in development projects, so tune in!

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🕘Timestamps

0:00 Intro
0:43 PHP and JavaScript Similarities
1:18 Typing of Variables
2:28 Classes and Objects
3:44 Market Demand
3:58 Documentation
4:09 What Are the Differences Between PHP vs JavaScript?
11:16 Usage on the Web
13:02 Learning PHP vs JavaScript

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📚Resources

📙Full Guide on PHP vs JavaScript

📝 PHP Documentation

🔖 ECMAScript 2020 language specification

📚MDN JavaScript Documentation

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[ronarmengol]

I use both. Javascript to manipulate the DOM for event listeners, animations, toggling and client-side validation. PHP for database manipulation, back-end logic, server-side validation and conditions in HTML.

[Stoney_Eagle]

I work with both but I love working with PHP.
It's easier to do the same thing, because you don't have to deal with the event loop of Javascript.

[NedumEze]

Magnificent. First time am seeing this. Kudos Bro.

[stachowi]

This was a very well done video... thank you.

[seokamela]

Well explained content thank you very much

[alexpfernandes]

What an incredible video. I started to learn how to code not long ago with JS, but I was undecided between PHP or Python as a second language. This video helped me a lot. Thanks and keep up the good work!

[BM-_]

Wow! amazing job at explaining both! I am currently learning JS and PHP. But I’m not sure if I should stick to one or continue learning both at the same time? Thoughts?

[navdeepsingh]

Thank u so much
Can we use free database in our web app.

[blbezcc]

And which language do you think is better to learn first?

[zakhariihusar]

If js is interpreted language, does it mean that Typescript has to be first compiled to js and then interpreted anyway? So in this case compiled language isn't really faster than interpreted (I don't really consider TS a language, rather an extension, but i think it is)?

[vanngontruong]

The video sound is pretty good, beyond my imagination

[SXsoft]

the difference between compiled and non compiled languages are in a lot of cases negligible, depending on how your server is setup, for example for php add redis, opcache, you can even compile to c++ code
Alaso to be honest i cound the documentation for js and php a lot cleaner compared to c#, java etc
As a TIP for PHP devs "USE Nginx instead of apache"

[akin]

PHP versions 1-6 < Javascript < PHP versions 7-8 < Typescript.