RE: [PHP] php vs cold fusion

Guess you're right (contradicting myself) we're getting too offended by comparing OUR idols to other's ... Still it is not that bad as they say, or at least they should have mention more positive aspects of PHP. Cheers. -----Original Message----- From: Jason Murray [mailto:Jason.Murray@melbourneit.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:39 AM To: Maxim Maletsky; 'samantha@cfs.net.au'; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] php vs cold fusion > Gezz.... > They say some pretty nasty things about PHP.... I disagree. > Read on: > > === > A key concern for us is PHP's lack of a standardized database > API: To access the Oracle database we were using, we had to [snip] > === > > this is what PHPLIB is there for! $db->query($query); and > that's it! Use it with Oracle, ODBC, MySQL, PostgeSQL with > whatever SQL will ever exist! Yes, but it's an add-on, when it should be a standard feature. > === > Integrated development tools and debuggers for PHP are scarce [snip] > === > > Is that so? I think so, actually. An IDE is not an editor that does syntax highlighting. It's a much more tightly integrated development environment more like Delphi or JBuilder. It's not Notepad on steroids. They've made good points in the article, I think everyone should back down, take a breath and stop taking it as a shot at their religion. Jason