PHP contra C/CGI

Salute ! In a company there is the following constallation installed: MSSQL-Server as db-server under WinNT and Apache as www-server under Linux, with PHP3.0.16 and the mssql-module, with the known problems if PHP-actions try to write in the db (segmentation fault). But there is today about 2.500 rows of PHP/HTML-code. The developers idea is to take the PHP-code and write therefor C-programs and ask the programs with CGI to obtain the results to write in the db. Now, I'm not so perfect to know all other solutions and versions, but I have a bad feeling with this constallation (especially MSSQL), therefore my ask: Can someone write my the highest reasons to use PHP instead C/CGI and also do'nt to use MSSQL? The answers will be helpfull for me to discuss with the developers. Thanks and have a nice day, Ingo. ------------------------ Mail from: Ingo Klein; Bei der Kraehenhuette 37; 04279 Leipzig home: http://www.vdi-mitglieder.de/klein_ingo voc: 0341/338 4556; mailto:klein.ingo@vdi.de