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Which technology of these two is better for building an e-commerce site?

I would like to built and e-commerce site using an open source technology. Which one is better for this task, PHP or Ruby on Rails? Thank you.

Whichever the person who is doing it is more familiar/comfortable with. Both of these languages are up to the task. One possible advantage of RoR is that it may make it easier to implement interactive pages, such as pages where you click on a '+' icon and see a summary of what's on a following pages. Or where your put your mouse pointer over a product to see whether it's currently available.
its up to the developer both can do the same job php may be better for a beginner since the cost to host and deploy are simplier and more resources of premade script are available
Take a look at: http://www.threehosts.com/business There you can reach the three reputable companies that are leaders in the E-commerce web hosting industry. They all offer both PHP and ROR.