As a long time user (1.x) of PHP, I've never had reason to even look at ASP. Sure, DBI/DBD would be nice, and I think we'll see it soon. Many developers are working on similar things right now. As they get more mature, I'm sure they'll become part of the core PHP product.
We developed our sites in PHP3 with MySQL on FreeBSD, and we're very happy with them. However, we've recently been playing with a couple other tools that have really piqued our interest.
ZOPE: Very nice development interface, easy to add functionality using python, XML support, good cross-platform ability. The object-based development platform takes a little getting used to, but is extremely powerful and convenient.
PHP: Can do just about anything. Great database support. We've had no performance problems due to php at all. Run it as an apache module, of course. I have not used it much on Windows, but PHP4 promises to have excellent Windows support.
We have a number of articles, tutorials and docs about PHP at DevShed.
APACHE JSERV: Efficient, powerful, mature. Apache talks to "Servlets" that do most of the work. The servlets stay in memory, no new processes are forked. Multiple servlets may be used, I believe across multiple servers if necessary. Session management is included. It's all Java. Apache Jakarta will also include Java Server Pages (JSP), a strong competitor to PHP and ASP.
ROXEN: Similar to PHP, written in Pike, a C-like object oriented language. Easy separation of layout and content, easy database integration, very efficient. This one includes its own multipurpose server (web/proxy/ssl/ftp). See Introduction to Roxen by Kai Voigt for more information.
We're still sticking with PHP for now, but looking most seriously at Jserv for the future. Our #1 qualifier:
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Amen Rasmus!
As a long time user (1.x) of PHP, I've never had reason to even look at ASP. Sure, DBI/DBD would be nice, and I think we'll see it soon. Many developers are working on similar things right now. As they get more mature, I'm sure they'll become part of the core PHP product.
Randy
Oops.. forgot the link to the Apache Jserv intro:
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/JServ/
We developed our sites in PHP3 with MySQL on FreeBSD, and we're very happy with them. However, we've recently been playing with a couple other tools that have really piqued our interest.
ZOPE: Very nice development interface, easy to add functionality using python, XML support, good cross-platform ability. The object-based development platform takes a little getting used to, but is extremely powerful and convenient.
See An Introduction to Zope for a very good overview.
PHP: Can do just about anything. Great database support. We've had no performance problems due to php at all. Run it as an apache module, of course. I have not used it much on Windows, but PHP4 promises to have excellent Windows support.
We have a number of articles, tutorials and docs about PHP at DevShed.
APACHE JSERV: Efficient, powerful, mature. Apache talks to "Servlets" that do most of the work. The servlets stay in memory, no new processes are forked. Multiple servlets may be used, I believe across multiple servers if necessary. Session management is included. It's all Java. Apache Jakarta will also include Java Server Pages (JSP), a strong competitor to PHP and ASP.
ROXEN: Similar to PHP, written in Pike, a C-like object oriented language. Easy separation of layout and content, easy database integration, very efficient. This one includes its own multipurpose server (web/proxy/ssl/ftp).
See Introduction to Roxen by Kai Voigt for more information.
We're still sticking with PHP for now, but looking most seriously at Jserv for the future.
Our #1 qualifier:
OPEN SOURCE - all of the above solutions are!
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Z ope/Intro/