mignon hunter wrote: > Hi Christopher > > One other question. Our current site is written in jsp with > Oracle. I'd like to use PHP. Do you have any thoughts on this? My recommendation is to utilize the existing skills you have; this echoes Fergus's comment. However, PHP is very popular and if you have the luxury of being able to learn a new language, choosing PHP is not like choosing an esoteric language that someone will struggle to maintain when you move on. > We're not really using Jsp as it was intended ( like using classes ) > and I think it has alot of overhead and is overkill. It seems Php > would be a better choice for imbedded html. For the most part the > site mainly consist of relatively simple db retrieval, for several > of our products. Which then lists various documentation and > reference material for each, all dynamic. And then we have a few > very simple stand alone user input forms occasionally. > > Oracle is the db on most of the site - a little mysql too. PHP will certainly help you get a working website up quickly. Oracle can easily be accessed in PHP to do the things you describe. Discussion of frameworks and abstraction layers is just a way to make you aware of their place and to ensure the application is architected to suit your current & future requirements. Chris -- Email: christopher.jones@xxxxxxxxxx Tel: +1 650 506 8630 Twitter: http://twitter.com/ghrd Free PHP Book: http://tinyurl.com/f8jad -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
