I do 'a lot' of PHP coding, it is an unfortunate hazard of working for the company that a I work for.
What 'can' and 'cannot' be done, are usually only limitations of the programmer trying to create the solution. I haven't found much of anything that cannot be programmed with either CF or PHP. The difference is in the 'built in' systems that come with CF, making it easier for someone who has 'no experience' to get 'a little' and feel like a champion. In programming, as in most things, there is more than 1 way to get from point a to point b. This is the same in PHP and in CF. The goal, however, is to get from point a to point b in the fastest most efficient manner. This is going to be where PHP, in my mind, has the advantage. For new developers, CF is the answer to their needs. They can type a few lines and get large amounts of work done, because CF has been generous enough to create a 'simple tag' to do all the heavy lifting for us. Because PHP requires the programmer to go through more steps, the programmer gets a sense of what is going on behind the 'simple tag' and 'tune' it to work well within their environment. How many times have you come across code written by someone else that was written using <cfinsert>, <cfselect>, etc. A seasoned professional will know that doing a database call using those tags can cause undue stress on the dB. The solution is similar in PHP as to CF, just write and test the sql yourself. This same example can be used as my basic 'dislike' of most 'frameworks'. Basically.... When the server dies, I like to point at the Server Admin and NOT have him/her pointing at me... ;) William -----Original Message---- -From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Date: Oct 18, 2007 16:51 -To: "CF-Talk"<[email protected]> -Subj: What can PHP do that CF can't? - -I had someone ask me today.... Is there anything that php can do that CF can't? - -My first thought was, yeah, it can make you throw up. :) - -Anyone know of anything? - -Thanks, -Will - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291487 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
