Presentation about how PHP is used at Yahoo!, by Michael J. Radwin given at MySQL User Conference on April 26, 2006 (PPT slides) (previously at Zend/PHP Conference - PDF version).
Some quotes:
- May 2002: yScript -> PHP
- Why we picked PHP
- Designed for web scripting
- High performance
- Large, Open Source community
- Documentation, easy to hire developers
- “Code-in-HTML” paradigm
- Integration, libraries, extensibility
- Tools: IDE, debugger, profiler
- ./configure –disable-all
- Security: open_basedir, allow_url_fopen = Off, display_errors = Off, safe_mode = Off; input_filter hook
- Performance: Opcode Caches, PHP Extensions in C++
- Globalization: PHP Unicode (2006)
Historical trail of talks about PHP at Yahoo! (worth reading too):
- One Year of PHP at Yahoo! on October 23, 2003 at PHPCon 2003 and July 9, 2003 at OSCON 2002 (HTML, PDF)
- Making the Case for PHP at Yahoo! on October 25, 2002 at PHPCon 2002 (HTML, PDF)
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