to say earlier that if I was going to learn another web technology it would
be php. Your posts confirmed my sentiment.
Thanks. =)
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Daniel Farmer
Producer / Coldfusion Developer
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>From: "Brendan Avery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: why I love coldfusion...
>Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:38:59 -0600
>
>For the past 6 years I have used ColdFusion and SQL Server (with ASP for
>handling things CF sucked at like large file-uploads etc), with near
>exclusivity. And my new job is a CF focused job and I appreciate the
>power of CF to perform a lot of complex tasks with general ease.
>
>Over the past few months though, I've started getting into PHP more and
>more. I've done this mostly out of an interest to participate in some
>open source and free software projects. PHP has a lot of quirks and its
>vocabulary of functions and variables is a hodge-podge of contributions
>from a variety of sources-- making it a bit more confusing to master
>than CF's generally consistent approach at naming conventions.
>
>However-- when choosing what platform to suggest to new clients for my
>freelance work, I have found that I generally have to recommend
>PHP/MySQL over CF/SQL-Server 99% of the time now. For the following
>reasons.
>
>Hosting services providing PHP/MySQL on Apache are universally cheap and
>ubiquitous. This is of course because they are all free technologies,
>which also means I don't have to shell out a grand every time I need a
>new version of CF or SQL Server or Windows Server for my dev environment
>to stay current.
>
>PHP contains several functions for manipulating graphics for things like
>fast thumb-nailing, PDF generation, file-compression/zip, and a host of
>things that one still has to pay a fortune for in custom components to
>3rd parties when trying to get them for a CF environment. PHP can do
>all the protocol stuff (HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP) and file-uploads, that
>USED to differentiate CF from the pack in terms of ease of use. And it
>does so much more. Add to that the impossibility or extra expense for
>getting a dedicated server should you want custom components installed
>at your CF webhost. Finally, there are a lot of great web app solutions
>out there for free in PHP for instant deployment of complex sites with
>minimal tweaking.
>
>I'm not saying that PHP is the enterprise solution catch-all-- its not.
>But it is worth a look if you want to broaden your skills and your
>potential audience/client-base. And for those of you who don't want to
>charge your clients less just because the server software costs nothing,
>you can always pocket the difference for yourself.
>
>Brendan avery || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || www.brendanavery.com
>
>
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