# Why many blog on Ruby/Rails run on PHP?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-many-blog-on-ruby-rails-run-on-php/179014>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 15, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-many-blog-on-ruby-rails-run-on-php/179014 "2009-11-15T19:45:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![tyron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@tyron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tyron)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-many-blog-on-ruby-rails-run-on-php/179014/1 "2009-11-15T19:45:22Z")

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I have no statistic data, but I’ve been browsing on Ruby/Rails related  
blogs for quite a while, and a surprisingly little number of them seems  
to run on Typo or Radiant, even those written by accountable and  
full-time Rails developers.  
Instead, Wordpress and company are quite spread, and Blogspot is also  
frequent…  
Even some sites who sells commercial IDE for Rails run on PHP! Not a  
smart marketing move, one could think.  
So, could you help with your opinion? What do you think is the reason?  
May be the costs, an economic justification?  
But if I was searching a Rails professional, I would not positively  
impressed by who are running on PHP…  
So, there must be a reason…

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**Author:** ![tyron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@tyron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tyron)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-many-blog-on-ruby-rails-run-on-php/179014/2 "2009-11-15T19:48:33Z")

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Just one thing, in this exact moment, the RForum site is not  
reachable… Just a coincidence, I’m sure.

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**Author:** ![tyron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@tyron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tyron)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-many-blog-on-ruby-rails-run-on-php/179014/3 "2009-11-16T07:12:51Z")

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Anonym User wrote:

> I have no statistic data, but I’ve been browsing on Ruby/Rails related  
> blogs for quite a while, and a surprisingly little number of them seems  
> to run on Typo or Radiant, even those written by accountable and  
> full-time Rails developers.  
> Instead, Wordpress and company are quite spread, and Blogspot is also  
> frequent…  
> Even some sites who sells commercial IDE for Rails run on PHP! Not a  
> smart marketing move, one could think.  
> So, could you help with your opinion? What do you think is the reason?  
> May be the costs, an economic justification?  
> But if I was searching a Rails professional, I would not positively  
> impressed by who are running on PHP…  
> So, there must be a reason…

It’s easier to find free Wordpress hosting than free Typo or Radiant  
hosting, unless you use Heroku.

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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