RE: [PHP] Best Choice

I'm not sure of any open source projects that match what you're asking for, but I still recommend PHP. I get the impression that you are new to programming. If so, I do recommend PHP. At least in my case, PHP came easier than Perl or Python, probably because PHP is primarily designed for use on the Web. I say try going through the php Web site (http://www.php.net) and reading through the documentation. There is a learning curve there, but it is time well spent. If you are willing to move away from the low cost open source stuff, I'd (marginally) recommend ColdFusion, simply because it so easy to learn. CF is very close to HTML and it is an easy transition. But, because ColdFusion servers cost money, be expected to pay more for the web hosting space (maybe 75% more?). Finally, if your project is big and is expected to receive a significant number of hits (tens of thousands?), I'd recommend contracting with a professional developer or (my favorite) getting a computer science intern from a local college for the summer, especially if you are on an unmovable deadline. Home grown stuff, especially stuff that was developed before mastering the language, is fine, but I'd be nervous trusting a "mission-critical" application to an untested developer on deadline. --Mark. -----Original Message----- From: RL Autry [mailto:webmaster@hisgate.org] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 4:34 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Best Choice Hello we have read through the FAQ's: and so forth as directed when joining and still need an answer to the following. Background: We are wanting to redesign a members area on our website, we thought using PHP/MySQL. We want the members to be able to join (sign-in) and complete course material which will be tracked, graded and returned to them, ect. We are not sure after the last couple of posts if this would be the best choice or not. 1) Can someone please clarify if we need something else for this (asp,cgi,ect). 2) If PHP is the best choice can someone please suggest perhaps to an ongoing PHP open-source project which would lend to such an endeavor? Thanks, RL -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net