Re: Moving to php

hi there, I suppose that technically PHP is built to run on Linux, but does work on many other platforms. I do all of my development on OS X and have never had any problems, I've also had it running on Linux and FreeBSD without any trouble. I think there is no problem with Win2000, but I don't use that, so I can't give you a definitive answer there. From what I've read about the move from 4 to 5 backwards compatibility will not be a problem. MySQL works fine with PHP, as does PostgreSQL, and loads of other databases. cheers, Gareth On 16 Nov 2003, at 14:21, Jim Van Heule wrote:

I'm seriously considering moving to php from a competing 3rd party application. I have a few basic questions. 1. What is the predominate OS platform php runs on? Recommended? 2. I'm currently well versed in Win 2000 & OS X. Are both "Well" supported? 3. When php comes out with a new major version (i.e. php 4 -> 5), how backward compatible is it? Basically, will I need to do a lot of recoding each time there is a new version in order to upgrade? (This is the biggy.) 4. We are currently standardized on MySQL. I'm assuming MySQL is the database of choice or am I wrong? -- Jim -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php