user10060: I am looking at coding a Bitcoin trading exchange,  Would PHP be sufficient for an order matching engine?  The server would be load balanced with running MySQL.

user9540: Yes, I have built exchanges with PHP and MySQL. I would also recommend Redis for caching.

10060: <p>I am looking at coding a Bitcoin trading exchange,  Would PHP be sufficient for an order matching engine?  The server would be load balanced with running MySQL.</p>
 9540: <p>Yes, I have built exchanges with PHP and MySQL. I would also recommend Redis for caching.</p>
