PHP is open source. It's highly supported by lots of developers. It's free. There are many different libraries such as PEAR, for instance. There many free frameworks for creating convinient modular and easyly managebale applications both web and command line. I can name mojavi.org as a brilliant MVC pattern implementation for PHP5, propel (propel.phpdb.org) and metastorage (http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage.html) as OOtoR transformation frameworks. As to ColdFusion, It seems to me that this technology is dead already. Rick Emery wrote: > My employer has (finally) decided to take full advantage of our > intranet, and wants to move from client-server applications to web-based > applications. To that end, we're trying to determine the best platform > for our applications. We're a Microsoft shop, with Microsoft SQL Server > 2000 for all of our databases (that won't change any time soon, if > ever). Due to past experience that I won't get into, we (the Development > group) have all agreed that ASP.Net is out (at least for the short term). > > We had the opportunity to visit a local enterprise that has deployed > ColdFusion, and they couldn't stop singing its praises. I'm partial to > PHP, even after sampling Coldfusion, so what I would like is some > "ammunition" that I can take into a meeting to "sell" management on PHP > instead of ColdFusion. I've already been harping on the difference in > cost, so I'm looking for other points to go with. Besides, we'll > probably invest in Zend products if we choose PHP, and Macromedia has > government rates available; I don't have any numbers (yet), but the cost > difference may not be that great in the end. > > Any input would be greatly appreciated. Opinions are welcome (especially > from programmers with experience in both), but I have to "sell" it to > management (I'm already on the PHP side), so links to data or articles > comparing the two are best. > > Thanks in advance, > Rick -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
