Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: PHP questions

Author:Eric Kidd
Posted:5/3/1999; 4:01:23 PM
Topic:PHP questions
Msg #:5578 (In response to 5577)
Prev/Next:5577 / 5579

how does it stack up to ASP and Cold Fusion?

It's a very lightweight thing. Think of PHP3 as an "inline CGI" language. It's not quite like Frontier or Zope--it doesn't have a database or a huge procedural library built in.

Imagine server side includes which don't suck, and you'll get the general idea. ;-)

how is the performance/stability/security aspects?

Good enough. It's a mature GNU program, so it's generally quite stable and reliable. By itself, PHP3 is reasonably fast. But there's a replacement engine which makes it scream. I don't remember all the details.

Cheers, Eric




This page was archived on 6/13/2001; 4:49:44 PM.

© Copyright 1998-2001 UserLand Software, Inc.