PHP Codeigniter vs Java Play framework
Another battle of languages thread... I know.

I and my friend are starting a new project, a medium sized web site, with normal amount of logic and data.

He's a long time php coder and has much experience with code igniter. He says it has got tons of support, a great number of open source libraries and big community.

I'm a long time java programmer and I have been using play framework for various projects for a year now. Others say it's like ruby on rails or grails. What I like the most about it is that it's java (static typing, debug support, unit tests, IDE - eclipse), JPA for database, instant deployment - GAE, Heroku, etc.

For a new project, which one would you choose?
PHP Codeigniter vs Java Play framework
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Another battle of languages thread... I know.

I and my friend are starting a new project, a medium sized web site, with normal amount of logic and data.

He's a long time php coder and has much experience with code igniter. He says it has got tons of support, a great number of open source libraries and big community.

I'm a long time java programmer and I have been using play framework for various projects for a year now. Others say it's like ruby on rails or grails. What I like the most about it is that it's java (static typing, debug support, unit tests, IDE - eclipse), JPA for database, instant deployment - GAE, Heroku, etc.

For a new project, which one would you choose?