Re: [PHP] Is php even right for this design?

2002-09-20 Thread Marek Kilimajer
William wrote: 1) Payroll apps require large tax libraries (federal, every state and locality). Split them into more files (diffrent states etc.) and include_once them when they are needed, and perhaps mysql can take part of the job. 4)Loosely Typed Variables. I fear it might be to

RE: [PHP] Is php even right for this design?

2002-09-20 Thread Beau Hartshorne
The admin users will need to run long processes that take about 5-15 minutes each. They cannot timeout and they must be done throughout the day while general users are working in the application as well. Is there a big problem with this? What steps should I take to ensure these

Re: [PHP] Is php even right for this design?

2002-09-20 Thread Robert Cummings
Beau Hartshorne wrote: The admin users will need to run long processes that take about 5-15 minutes each. They cannot timeout and they must be done throughout the day while general users are working in the application as well. Is there a big problem with this? What steps

Re: [PHP] Is php even right for this design?

2002-09-20 Thread Jeff Bluemel
I don't know if this is possible, but in VB (I'd like to find something similar in php) I would open a record set, and then filter / unfilter it for similar issues (in a loop). I'm assuming you could use a similar approach somehow in php. Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message

Re: [PHP] Is php even right for this design?

2002-09-20 Thread Robert Cummings
Jeff Bluemel wrote: I don't know if this is possible, but in VB (I'd like to find something similar in php) I would open a record set, and then filter / unfilter it for similar issues (in a loop). I'm assuming you could use a similar approach somehow in php. Sounds like a DB issue. Select

RE: [PHP] Is php even right for this design?

2002-09-20 Thread John Holmes
I don't know if this is possible, but in VB (I'd like to find something similar in php) I would open a record set, and then filter / unfilter it for similar issues (in a loop). I'm assuming you could use a similar approach somehow in php. Seems like a waste of resources. Why not do the

[PHP] Is php even right for this design?

2002-09-19 Thread William
I am interested in writing a large scale, cross platform payroll/hr/gl appl entirely in php + mysql Innodb (for transaction support). I have 2 php programmers 1 asp/foxpro/access programmer to help me. I see 4 big hurdles to overcome in my php design: Large Libraries, Long Processes,

Re: [PHP] Is php even right for this design?

2002-09-19 Thread Adam Voigt
1. Never had any problems with big includes before. 2. Maybe add a console based prog which sits in the background and process's jobs if you don't want to leave the web page open while it works, etc. 3. Make them PDF's (pdflib), we use it, and once you get programming in it, it's fairly easy. 4.

Re: [PHP] Is php even right for this design?

2002-09-19 Thread Geoff Hankerson
3)Reporting. I think I can get by with HTML reports for the most part. however checks and tax forms require precisely positioned reporting abilities. I think that I will be better off using an external reporting application (crystal,access,FoxPro etc) to generate these reports. But if

RE: [PHP] Is php even right for this design?

2002-09-19 Thread David Buerer
1) Large Includes 200K of includes? Piece of cake! Remember, it is the server that is doing all of the work, not your clients. The issue is how many requests can your server simultaneously process and is there enough overhead to do it. With respect to speed, your server will cache the files