# Is PHP good for OOP / large scale sites?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-php-good-for-oop-large-scale-sites/179244
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**Created:** [February 18, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-php-good-for-oop-large-scale-sites/179244 "2006-02-18T00:15:24Z")
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### Author: ![MTsoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MTsoul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MTsoul)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-php-good-for-oop-large-scale-sites/179244/1 "2006-02-18T00:15:24Z")

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I was thinking of really getting to know a server-side scripting language well, for big sites - mostly OOP. I know the basics of OOP in php, but I guess it doesn’t cut it. I immediately thought of PHP. But it doesn’t seem like PHP 5 is all that promising.

Sure, PHP is installed on almost every Apache server in the world, but is it actually… good? There’s a reason why many sites use ASP, or CFM. And now the whole Ruby on Rails thing came out, it looks pretty cool too. Any thoughts?