Re: [U2] Using PHP

2009-07-31 Thread David Wolverton
ailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Powell > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:06 AM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Using PHP > > That would be cool. > > Could PHP keep a persistent connection to a UniData server? > One of my reasons

Re: [U2] Using PHP

2009-07-31 Thread Jeff Powell
That would be cool. Could PHP keep a persistent connection to a UniData server? One of my reasons for using Java is that I can eliminate the connection time overhead by keeping the the connection and key files open and available to all incoming HTTP requests. Brian Leach wrote: ... And I've

Re: [U2] Using PHP

2009-07-31 Thread Brian Leach
... And I've found when teaching UniVerse Basic to died-in-the-wool .Net and C programmers, who tend to comment at the lack of variable declaration or strong typing and the idea that it's an interpreted language, the words 'just like PHP' tends to have a calming effect ... I just wish IBM would

Re: [U2] Using PHP

2009-07-29 Thread Kevin King
To start, I'll echo Ross. PHP is great for sessions and all manners of web-type programming. Unlike Java - an otherwise excellent language which tends to require some complex-ish web server setup - PHP is much more lightweight and plugs into just about any web server quickly and efficiently. The

Re: [U2] Using PHP

2009-07-29 Thread Ross Morrissey
I have three reasons to use PHP as a "CGI Bridge" - Sessions, Cookies, and Query Parsing. These are things PHP is good at. In the past I would have added that it ran on a host of platforms, like UniVerse, but I'm having issues on AIX these days. I've also PHP in the past as a command-line tool t

Re: [U2] Using PHP

2009-07-29 Thread Symeon Breen
g] On Behalf Of Brutzman, Bill Sent: 29 July 2009 14:54 To: U2 Users List Subject: [U2] Using PHP While it makes sense to me to consider using PHP as middleWare to do SQL things... What are the advantages of using PHP with U2 rather than UniObjects for Java or .Net? Insights would be apprec

[U2] Using PHP

2009-07-29 Thread Brutzman, Bill
While it makes sense to me to consider using PHP as middleWare to do SQL things... What are the advantages of using PHP with U2 rather than UniObjects for Java or .Net? Insights would be appreciated. --Bill ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listser