Php vs Ror
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I've devved pretty much every web technology under the sun. I love Rails, so I'll say go with that.
In my opinion, Ruby/Rails has a cleaner easier to read syntax than PHP. Best practices are already laid out for you with the framework, and all of that increases the speed of your coding.
If you pick PHP you'll need to then select a framework, figure out how you're going to do testing, and then learn that framework.
Rails makes all of those decisions for you with good defaults and then gets out of your way. Besides, what would you choose a PHP knockoff (CakePHP) when you could have the real deal in Rails? Doesn't make sense to me.
The support and information about Rails out there is generally very good. You can solve most problems with a quick google search or a trip to IRC.
My largest project is well about 12k lines of code, but is still manageable for 1-2 people just because of the way Rails is structured.
Make sure you incorporate testing early. Test driven development is baked into Rails, and helps you maintain stability with your code and gives you the security of knowing that your changes in one area of the system isn't fucking something else up.
I could go on and on and on.
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