I am currently evaluating what language I should use to create a web
interface to some of our databases. I am purely in the fact finding
stage at this point, having no website nor database set up yet. This
is sort of a new area for me, so I am looking for some advice.
Part of our organization has Cold Fusion running on its web server.
It would really be no problem for me to build an application there for
some of the "public" verisions of the data. However, much of the data
is very restricted, and will have to to reside on a Linux server that
only myself and only a few other people have access to. That is a
fairly bare bones system, and we will not be able to spring a couple
of grand to have Cold Fusion running there. I am not overly
disappointed, as I am a little wary of proprietary languages anyway.
That leaves me to find a good, cheap, way to do things. Most likely
the database will be set up with postgresql. I was initially leaning
toward PHP as the language for the web application. We have Apache
web server running on Linux with PHP included. However, I found out
that our IT folks have actually disabled PHP and want me to use
something called Mason.
Questions that come to mind are:
1) Why disable PHP? I should be asking the admins this, but I would
like to at least understand the issues before I talk to them. We are
ultra paranoid about IT security here. Is there something about PHP
that makes them nervous? Is Mason better?
2) Do a lot of people actually use Mason? Are there any strengths or
weaknesses versus PHP?
3) Any thoughts on Cold Fusion here? Since we already have it, should
I try to make the most of it?
interface to some of our databases. I am purely in the fact finding
stage at this point, having no website nor database set up yet. This
is sort of a new area for me, so I am looking for some advice.
Part of our organization has Cold Fusion running on its web server.
It would really be no problem for me to build an application there for
some of the "public" verisions of the data. However, much of the data
is very restricted, and will have to to reside on a Linux server that
only myself and only a few other people have access to. That is a
fairly bare bones system, and we will not be able to spring a couple
of grand to have Cold Fusion running there. I am not overly
disappointed, as I am a little wary of proprietary languages anyway.
That leaves me to find a good, cheap, way to do things. Most likely
the database will be set up with postgresql. I was initially leaning
toward PHP as the language for the web application. We have Apache
web server running on Linux with PHP included. However, I found out
that our IT folks have actually disabled PHP and want me to use
something called Mason.
Questions that come to mind are:
1) Why disable PHP? I should be asking the admins this, but I would
like to at least understand the issues before I talk to them. We are
ultra paranoid about IT security here. Is there something about PHP
that makes them nervous? Is Mason better?
2) Do a lot of people actually use Mason? Are there any strengths or
weaknesses versus PHP?
3) Any thoughts on Cold Fusion here? Since we already have it, should
I try to make the most of it?
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