michael_0_0_7

This is a very late post but oh well! In my opinion, PHP will never be replaced, it will only be improved as it now. Java and PHP have their weaknesses, Java is secure and portable but requires some power. PHP on the other hand, is less secure but may be faster and a quick "get away." for simple web applications. I do agree that Java is very powerful and may have the future. However, you're wrong that java will be used for that reason because , it's very relative. With all the processing speed, people, meaning software engineers, will design even more powerful web applications or desktop applications that need the relative processing power at the current time. Also, Sun will be constantly improving the JVM which will increase the power needed to run, which may take up the same percentage of power it does now on current machines. This is why C++ is still around for creating games. No matter how powerful machines become, we still need all the power we can get out of them because software will always be demanding more power.