RE: [Dynapi-Help] PHP

[Matthew Shirey]

Well, www.php.net is a good place to start for information.  It is a server side scripting language.  Like ASP it can replace most things that you might use CGI for.  PHP runs on both apache and iis.  It’s loosely comparable to c++/javascript as far as code style goes.  I have use PHP for a couple of projects.  I like it as a scripting language but I find the lack of consistency in places a little annoying.  It is much less refined than ASP, JSP, or JavaServlets.  As far as performance goes it is quite comparable to ASP.  Database connectivity in PHP leaves a LOT to be desired.  In my opintion (and my department’s) I prefer working with ASP more.  With the introduction of MS’s .NET standard ASP+ will most like take the place of ASP for us.    Hope that helps a little. =)   -- Matthew Shirey   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug Melvin Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 3:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dynapi-help Subject: [Dynapi-Help] PHP   What exactly is PHP? What is the benifits of using it? What are the draw-backs?   I would appreciate more info on this.. I have come acros an increaing number of sites that use this and have become quite curious..   Anyone who played Tradewars Back in the day of BBS's might want to check this out: http://blacknova.net