Re: [PHP] PHP pros and cons

2004-06-13 Thread Lester Caine
Chris Shiflett wrote: --- Steve Douville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I do like CF's ability to just name data sources on the server and reference them that way. You won't be able to reproduce the "cfadmin" stuff with PHP, simply because PHP isn't a persistent process, but I think great strides will

Re: [PHP] PHP pros and cons

2004-06-12 Thread Steve Douville
Yes, pardon me for actually providing to the spirit of this list, to help people find ways to meet their objectives. Just saying "no" isn't very constructive, now is it? :-) "Kim Steinhaug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Steve Douville had a long answer, the short

Re: [PHP] PHP pros and cons

2004-06-11 Thread Pham Cong Dinh
Hi, Yes, namespaces has been removed from CVS for PHP5 but Object Model for PHP5, based on Java, has been improved. I would like to say: plz forget PHP4 and rush into PHP5. Dinh PHPVietnam Chris Shiflett wrote: --- Amanda Hemmerich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: what do you guys think are some li

Re: [PHP] PHP pros and cons

2004-06-11 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Steve Douville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do like CF's ability to just name data sources on the server and > reference them that way. You won't be able to reproduce the "cfadmin" stuff with PHP, simply because PHP isn't a persistent process, but I think great strides will be made on the da

Re: [PHP] PHP pros and cons

2004-06-11 Thread Steve Douville
- Original Message - From: "Chris Shiflett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Amanda Hemmerich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 2:39 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP pros and cons > --- Amanda Hemmerich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PHP] PHP pros and cons

2004-06-11 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Amanda Hemmerich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what do you guys think are some limitations of PHP? It's not persistent like ColdFusion. It doesn't have namespaces. The object model in PHP 4 is poor. I'm sure others can pitch in here. :-) Chris = Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP

[PHP] PHP pros and cons

2004-06-11 Thread Amanda Hemmerich
I am trying to come up with a little speech to use when talking to potential clients to make a case for using PHP over over languages, such as perl, ColdFusion, ASP, etc. I have been looking on the web, but I would also love to hear from you guys. How would you make a case for using PHP? Also, c