Php4.3.3 only CGI

[tnhoe]

Hi,all gurus,

I see latest release Php4.3.3 includes CGI only at :

http://www.php.net/downloads.php

So is this correct that it is not server side scripting engine as ASP does ?
Plz anyone compare ASP+MySQL and Php+MySQL on adv/disadv on web database
application (eg: ticketing & stock control system) ?

Regards
Hoe

[RG]

Re: Php4.3.3 only CGI


"tnhoe" <tnhoe@pc.jarin g.my> wrote in message
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> Hi,all gurus,
>
> I see latest release Php4.3.3 includes CGI only at :
> http://www.php.net/downloads.php
>
> So is this correct that it is not server side scripting engine as ASP does[/color]
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> Plz anyone compare ASP+MySQL and Php+MySQL on adv/disadv on web database
> application (eg: ticketing & stock control system) ?
>
> Regards
> Hoe
>
>[/color]


PHP uses the zend engine which is a server side scripting engine.
There are a few advantages to PHP:
IMHO:
Easier to understand the code
It's free unlike MS products
More servers run it making hosting cheaper
Faster than ASP


Just my 2 cents worth
RG

[KAH]

Re: Php4.3.3 only CGI

"tnhoe" <tnhoe@pc.jarin g.my> wrote in news:bjjm7m$nkq $2@news5.jaring .my:
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> I see latest release Php4.3.3 includes CGI only at :
> http://www.php.net/downloads.php
>
> So is this correct that it is not server side scripting engine as ASP
> does ? Plz anyone compare ASP+MySQL and Php+MySQL on adv/disadv on web
> database application (eg: ticketing & stock control system) ?[/color]

The latest PHP install program comes with CGI only. Just download the
zipped version, it comes with SAPIs and all the bells & whistles.

PHP is not a scripting engine. It's a scripting language, powered by the
PHP interpreter, which relies on the Zend Engine. That makes it different
from ASP, ASP being a scripting platform.

If you ask which is best in a PHP group, what answer do you expect,
honestly? :-)

An argument the other reply didn't mention is that PHP is available in it's
complete form for servers other than IIS (the CGI version will work with
any CGI-compliant server, there are SAPIs for the most popular servers).
You've also got access to the entire source-code, under the GPL, meaning
that if there's something you don't like, you can change it quite easily.

There's tons of other arguments, do a search on Google.

KAH

[Andy Hassall]

Re: Php4.3.3 only CGI

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:14:02 GMT, KAH <kah@kahnews.cj b.net> wrote:
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>the entire source-code, under the GPL[/color]

Not the GPL, under the PHP license:

http://www.php.net/license/3_0.txt

http://opensource.org/licenses/php.php

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