title: Using PHP for medium to high-load public websites
body: <p>I am planing to build a website using PHP to be hosted on the public internet with decent user load (between 1000 to 5000). I am using FreeBSD as a server and I configured Apache, PHP and MySQL from scratch. </p>
  
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  <li><p>With proper configuration, is it safe to use such a server, or should I go with some web framework? I am asking as I've heard few horrible things about PHP. </p></li>
  <li><p>If it is safe, does PHP get too complex when the size of the site increases beyond a certain point? </p></li>
  <li><p>I know Facebook uses PHP; are there any other big websites that use PHP?</p></li>
  <li><p>Last, is it recommended to use some PHP framework or should I stick to plain old PHP?</p></li>
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