I have to disagree that this is a "better" reference. Good points are definitely made here, but it is very obviously ColdFusion-centric. The purpose of these articles seems to be to convince one to buy ColdFusion, not compare ColdFusion with PHP, which was the original question.
Paul, Consider the fact that you just asked the ColdFusion listserve to compare CF and PHP. That's not really fair, as there is going to, generally, be a lot more support for CF than PHP here. I, personally, have not been developing with CF very long, but have spent years and years developing with PHP, so PHP would be my preference. And the problem is, most of the "negatives" that people point out are reasons WHY I prefer PHP. In any case, you really need to carefully consider what you need to accomplish, weigh in your experience with both technologies, factor in available resources and decide for yourself, for this particular application, which technology is better suited. There's never going to be a definitive, "PHP is better than CF" (or vice versa) silver bullet answer. Good luck. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Carabetta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:12 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CF - PHP comparisons? >http://php.weblogs.com/php_vs_cold_fusion > >This is a pretty good comparison, though it is kind of old. Many of the >things they say are lacking in CF are now in CFMX (like user-defined >functions) and the same might be true of PHP. > >The main difference to me is speed: >-CF is faster and easier to developer, (which could lower development costs >to your client.) >-PHP compiles and runs faster (which could lower hardware costs.) Respectfully, I think that's a terrible comparison. That comparison is obviously of CF 4.5 vs PHP!! User-defined functions have been available since CF 5, and the enhanced feature set and performance of CF 5, let alone CFMX, is enough to antiquate this article. The article you mention to still refers to Allaire, which was bought by Macromedia almost two years ago! In fairness, PHP may have grown in parallel with CF over the 3 years since that article, but I doubt it's as rich as CFMX. For a better refence, try the following two links to get started (watch for wrapping): 1. Ben Forta's site: <http://www.forta.com/cf/> 2. Ben's article on CF vs. "free" technologies entitled "But It's Free!" from the CF Developer's Journal: <http://www.sys-con.com/coldfusion/article.cfm?id=541> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
