Basecamp and Backpack from 37signals use PHP

Post by antirez » Tue, May 29, 2007, 4:47 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #19

antirez wrote: post #17

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Maybe they use PHP like a better version of server side includes. For this RoR is probably an overkill.

That's exactly how they're using it, and why the original poster's "discovery" really isn't that exciting. I don't care for it for more serious work, but if you just want to template up one or two pages without a lot of hassle, PHP is far better than Rails.

Post by sbraford » Tue, May 29, 2007, 7:00 PM UTC

bjclark wrote: post #13

davidw wrote: post #9

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Well... those of us interested in replicating their success:-)

This is the most asinine thing I've ever read on here. The first thing any smart person can figure out is that RoR doesn't make 37signals what they are. They have always said that themselves. Fast agile development, and all the other things they talk about in their Getting Real book make them what they are, but certainly not which language/framework. This is a lot like debating what care you're going to buy based on…

Post by bdr » Tue, May 29, 2007, 9:49 PM UTC

paulgb wrote: post #24

The server headers confirm this. Server: Apache/2.2.4 X-Powered-By: PHP/4.4.4