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PHP

Ante Vujčić
Ante Vujčić
11,306 Points
Posted by Ante Vujčić
Ante Vujčić
11,306 Points

PHP vs JavaScript in algorithms

Hi, I can't say I know a lot about JavaScript and PHP but I do know more than basic stuff. However there is one thing I would like to find out so here we go. I do understand that JavaScript is client side language and php server side but what does that mean for example when you have some algorithms and calculations to do (more than a few), and you can write them in both languages but as I am aware when you use JavaScript client has to download JS file with those calculations (and all other stuff used t ocalculate) which means it is slowing load time of site, but does that mean that php actually does all calculations on server and sending only already calculated variables and does it speed load time in any way. Thanks