Re: ZDNet compares PHP to JSP, ASP & CF (Again, complete this time :)

Hi Michael, I agree.... One of things that blew my socks off when I first used PHP is the absolute simplicity in retrieving data from something like MySQL. 4 lines of code to create a connection, run a query and populate an array with the values is just too easy. There is never (in the foreseeable future) going to be a time when we will need to port our PHP & MySQL stuff to anything else, so it isn't a problem. Database connectivity in PHP (in our opinion) is second to none. Which is why I said that the review was ALMOST accurate. Should have got an 'A+' without a doubt. Regards Andy Woolley M.D. www.databasewatch.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Govorun" <mike@nrg-online.ru> To: <maggelet@mminternet.com> Cc: <andy@reftech.co.uk>; <sander@3dnews.net>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] ZDNet compares PHP to JSP, ASP & CF (Again, complete this time :) > > From: Mark Maggelet <maggelet@mminternet.com> > > Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 11:44:15 -0800 > > > > >On the whole, the review isn't too bad, seems unbiased and almost > > >acurate. > > > > well, if they picked the slowest technology to be the most promising, > > I'd say that's a little biased. It looks to me like Php won, but got > > snubbed anyway! > > > > check out this line: > > A key concern for us is PHP's lack of a standardized database API: > > aren't there like a dozen or so db abstraction layers to choose from? > > what about odbc? wtf?!? > I can't understand why people want to use db adstraction so mach? > I think i can reach maximum productivity and stability of database engine only > if i take into account all peculiarities of it. > > -- > Sincerely yours, > -Michael > >