Why is Python used so little?

[Barrucadu]

I've been dabbling with Python for a while now, and I just wondered why it's so little-used in web development. Is there a specific reason why it's less suitable than, say, PHP? Or is it just because PHP is more widely used?

 

[interestedenough]

Plone which is a Content Management System praised for its immaculate design is Python and sits on top of Zope which a python webserver. After seeing the amazing things that can be done with python on the desktop and on web servers, I am amazed too that PHP is the king, and probably will stay that way.

 

[Barrucadu]

I'm actually just setting up a LAMP server on my computer: Linux/Apache/MySQL/Python, plus of course mysql-python and mod_python. I'm going to try and write a forum script in Python. I did it in PHP a few years ago and it was fun.
If it gets good enough, I may even GPL it and stick it online somewhere.

 

[Daniel]

I would guess it's just availability.

I too have a LAMP server set up, but (unsurprisingly) it's PHP rather than Python - although it isn't particularly difficult to extend it.

Dan

 

[LambHost]

I have used Python before and I liked it, I to also wonder why it is not used more.

 

[yilduz]

Ah... so that's what python is. In the past I've wondered what it is. Never enough to look into it, though (obviously).

What are the advantages to Python in comparison to PHP, or Perl, or whatever?

 

[rafaelrls]

Php is a programming language more established (more years in the community) so it will always have more audience than python. The high number of webhosts that provide php/mysql by default is another factor.