PHP is a veteran in programming world now, seasoned with many use cases and adorned with many successful applications running on the web, it was developed way back in 1994 and was considered to be one of the top languages of Web 1.0 era. PHP has powered many successful content management systems like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla. Another way around, Node.js is a runtime environment that makes use of JavaScript for server-side application development. Founded in 2009, Node.JS explores JavaScript to the fullest and is extensively being used to build event-based, data-driven, I/O-heavy applications for the Web 2.0 era. E-commerce and chat applications are some popular examples. Look what we’ve got here:
PHP VS NODE.JS: Tinkering of Big Guns