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Discussion on: PHP-backend Roadmap

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Tahmidur Rahman

Why are you suggesting postgres and not mysql? Most of the PHP framework support mysql better than Postgres.

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Elijah Zobenko

MySQL is great and I personally use it more often than Postgres. It’s also more popular but on the other hand Postgres is more advanced and there are some fields (like banking) are forced to use it. Knowing Postgres will allow you to migrate to MySQL easily, but vice versa it would require an effort. That’s why I suggest it