| Base of Difference | Node.js | PHP |
| Powered by | Node.js is mainly powered by Google v8 Javasript Engine. | PHP is mainly powered by Zend Engine. |
| Speed and Performance | Node.js is faster then PHP due to its non-blocking mechanism. | PHP is also fast but due to some reason which makes Node.Js faster than php that are
(1)Due to database
(2)Due to some third-party request
(3)Due to file system. |
| Used by Company | Top company that uses Node.Js are IBM, GoDaddy, NetFlix, LinkedIn, Paypal and Walmart are the adopters of Node.js. | Top company which use PHP are Facebook, Wordpress, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Flickr etc. |
| Runtime Environment | Node.js is JavaScript Programming Language which is mainly runs on the server and which is used to make web pages dynamic and interactive. | PHP is very straightforward to install and use at server-side. |
| Execution Speed | Node.js is faster than PHP and lightweight as compare to PHP. | PHP is slower when we compare this with Node.js. |
| WebServer | Node.js not need any WebServer to execute and its mainly runs in its own environment. | PHP need Apache WebServer to execute the code. |
| Base Code | Basic code for Node.js is
Console.log('Hello Node.js User'); | Basic code for PHP is
echo 'Hello PHP User'; |
| Framework | There are many popular frameworks like Meteor, DerbyJS and Express etc. | Like Node.js there are many frameworks for PHP too like Laravel, CakePhp etc. |
| Execution | Node.js is totally asynchronous. | PHP is synchronous except some APIs. |
| Complexity | Node.js is not very complex but you need to add more lines of code and callback functions. | PHP is simple than Node.js |
| Compatibility with Others | Here Node.js will only contain JavaScript. | On the other hand PHP contain HTML, CSS, JavaScript and even plain text. |
| Module | Node.js will comes prepackaged with the NPM package management system and its registry. | On the other hand developer needs to download and install PHP manually and it doesn't come in bundled with module.
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