That's why PHP is the best language for agencies

Uhhh, a provocative title. Yes, we know. But we write it anyway. Of course we justify our our opinion. But for now, we'll leave it at that.

Most of the projects you implement as an agency are standard, sometimes with a small special feature. special feature, but the basis is a CMS, a store system or a blog. The fact that one should not reinvent, you can already agree in 2020. Since probably with the setting on an existing solution, 80% of the requirements are already met, you should do the same.

And now we come back to PHP.

If you want to rely on standards, then you should look at standard software. And there it is actually that many of the currently used CMS, blog and store systems are based on PHP. This is mean that these systems are the best on the market, it just means that the plugin density the plugin density, the tutorials, the basic scope are on a very high level.

CMS systems

If you look at the German agency landscape, four CMS systems are ahead of the pack. Coincidentally they are all based on PHP:

• Drupal

• Typo3

• Joomla

• Contao

Blog systems

Sure, when it comes to blog systems, Wordpress is not far. But very often it is also used as a basis for CMS projects.

• Wordpress

Shop systems

Two of the most used store systems in Germany are based on PHP. Only Shopify falls out of line here.

• Shopware

• Magento

Many of the systems have matured over the years and have their origins in the last decade. One can therefore not expect them to be bursting with innovation or the architecture to be well thought out in all places.

But even if they don't form the most modern setup of a project, they are solid and form for almost all standard requirements standard plugins. So if you are an expert in PHP, you should be able to implement any web project. And that in a high speed and that is probably one of the most important recipes for success in the everyday life of an agency.