Re: Why PHP ? - devil's advocate

I can honestly say that my install rate with PHP/MySQL/Apache is about 95% and that includes RedHat, Debian, Slackware, FreeBSD, etc. I had one small problem with Apache+SSL+PHP, but that was easily solved with a peak at the manual. At any rate I'll take an extended setup period so that I don't have to be worrying whether or not my NT box is up at all times. --Joe > > > Joe Stump wrote: > > > > > Again, WHY does it suck? What's wrong with VBScript? It is VBScript, not > > > > Visual Basic that ASP uses, but remember you can also use PerlScript, > > > > JScript or any other language you want (as long as there's a scripting > > > > module for it). You could probably even use PHP, if you had the desire to > > > > write your own module. But what's important here, I think, is providing > > > > specific examples of why one should choose PHP over ASP/VBScript or > > > > whatever. > > > > Pretty simple - it serves 2 pages more per second (look up the article in the > > list archives - I'm lazy) and it's about $1M cheaper on an enterprise level > > solution. So many times at my old work I would say "Why don't we do this?" > > and > > the answer would be "ASP won't do that....". Plus you need to look at the > > OVERALL picture of PHP vs. ASP - can I pipe, grep, sed, awk and output to /tmp > > easily with ASP? No. Is wc -l there? No. Can I choose how big my binary is? No. > > Can I get into the source and tinker with it to make mods I need for my site? > > No. Can I log onto the ASP list and ask Bill Gates why it's not working? No. > > Is there a SHITLOAD of free enterprise level ASP code laying around the > > internet? No. > > > > A lot of No's and not a lot of Yes's IMO. > > > > --Joe > > > > --- > > Joe Stump > > PHP Programmer > > www.Care2.com > > -- > ========================== > Michael Kimsal > http://www.tapinternet.com > PHP Training courses > http://www.tapinternet.com/php > 734-480-9961 --- Joe Stump PHP Programmer www.Care2.com