If you can't wait for PHP4, then check out PHPLIB, which is one of the session management libraries for PHP3. Besides the session management class, PHPLIB also offers other classes for things like authentication, permissions, building forms and validating input, and a ton of other stuff I can't think of now.
Yes, it does take a while to figure out how PHPLIB works, but once you've figured it out you'll be hooked. I highly recommend it.
As far as Cold Fusion goes, I wouldn't recommend the Solaris version. We developed one of our sites in CFML and we had nothing but problems with the CF server. Hopefully the Linux version will be more stable.
Since when is PHP a close imitation of Perl? It may be similar in syntax, but that's about it. PHP has one purpose: server side scripting for web pages. There are a bunch of functions and modules which might not be so "web-related" (yet they are still useful in certain situations), but the main focus is still on server side scripting. Therefore, it is not merely a close imitation of Perl.
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If you can't wait for PHP4, then check out PHPLIB, which is one of the session management libraries for PHP3. Besides the session management class, PHPLIB also offers other classes for things like authentication, permissions, building forms and validating input, and a ton of other stuff I can't think of now.
Yes, it does take a while to figure out how PHPLIB works, but once you've figured it out you'll be hooked. I highly recommend it.
As far as Cold Fusion goes, I wouldn't recommend the Solaris version. We developed one of our sites in CFML and we had nothing but problems with the CF server. Hopefully the Linux version will be more stable.
-Philip
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Since when is PHP a close imitation of Perl? It may be similar in syntax, but that's about it. PHP has one purpose: server side scripting for web pages. There are a bunch of functions and modules which might not be so "web-related" (yet they are still useful in certain situations), but the main focus is still on server side scripting. Therefore, it is not merely a close imitation of Perl.