RE: [PHP-WINDOWS] Was: Sorry to ask a really lame question...

I totally disagree with what you are saying. Although I don't know exactly what you are doing with session handling, I have had nothing but success with PHP. The Problem with "Support" is that all the people who you would want to be giving you support are currently (and if you are on the Developers List you would know) doing bug fixes with all of there time. Although support is nice, bug fixes are the main priority. Support is found here, in the groups. I know I try and help people out whenever I can, and if I can't I try to figure it out (when I have time) because if I know it, it might help me in a future project. Most people who are currently using PHP are developers and don't have time to give support to everyone, and that's why it helps to read the documentation... because it is all there. If I can convince a bank, Bank One to be precise, to use PHP... I think anything is possible. If you want to meet the most "concerned" Network Admins... go to a bank! and that's my three cents :) -Andrew Andrew Phillips Applications Developer Blue Ribbon Internet 2708 Billingsley Road Columbus, Ohio 43235 Ph: 614.889.9800 Fax: 614.889.9082 Andrew@blueribboninternet.com http://www.blueribboninternet.com "we untangle the web" -----Original Message----- From: Mikey [mailto:frak@totalise.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 3:43 AM To: php-list Subject: RE: [PHP-WINDOWS] Was: Sorry to ask a really lame question... > Although I can't help you get it working, I'd just like you to > reconsider your > stance on recommending PHP to your company. I am using PHP3 with > no problems. > PHP4 has been out for less than two months IIRC, making it still a "new" > release. There are frequently problems with early releases. For > comparison, > how many service releases and fixpacks did it take to get NT4 to a usable > level? Granted, and nothing is ever final in this industry. For the long term PHP is still an option, but not on this round of projects. > I'm sure the problems will get worked out, but until then you can > still use > PHP3. I understand the syntax is supposed to be mostly > unchanged, so the only > reason to move to PHP4 right away seems to be increased speed -- > if you can get > it working. Not so, one of the areas that ASP beats PHP (3, but reading this newsgroup it would seem 4 has probs too) is in the fact that it handles sessions. Believe me, PHP is something I want to succeed - just for not being M$. However, I think it suffers the same fate of most things open source - a lack of support at a professional level. There is no way I could recommend this list as an alternative to the service agreement we already have with Microsoft. regards, Mikey theology n. A branch of learning devoted to measuring the extent of man's apparently limitless gullibility.