I am beginning work with a new employer and they use the latest
version of MySQL. They want some new public web sites built to
interact with MySQL and are running a Win2003 server. They are open
to using any web development software such as .Net, PHP, or Coldfusion
(they can support all of these on the server). My question to this
group is: can anyone help me identify any advantages and disadvantages
to use .Net, CF, or PHP with a MySQL back-end DB? Personal experience
is welcome and if anyone can cite third party sources on this matter
(and links to supporting web sites) that would be helpful, too. Thank
you!

tbacile <todd_bacile@yahoo.com> wrote in news:04ce6281-fe8d-4434-9424-
11b06b5a86a4@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

> I am beginning work with a new employer and they use the latest
> version of MySQL. They want some new public web sites built to
> interact with MySQL and are running a Win2003 server. They are open
> to using any web development software such as .Net, PHP, or Coldfusion
> (they can support all of these on the server). My question to this
> group is: can anyone help me identify any advantages and disadvantages
> to use .Net, CF, or PHP with a MySQL back-end DB? Personal experience
> is welcome and if anyone can cite third party sources on this matter
> (and links to supporting web sites) that would be helpful, too. Thank
> you!
>

Aside from the matter that PHP is open source and all the others require
money...

Go to google and search for CF/.net/PHP comparisons for years worth of
reading.

> Aside from the matter that PHP is open source and all the others require
> money...
>
> Go to google and search for CF/.net/PHP comparisons for years worth of
> reading.

I've seen those comparisons solely between those development
languages. But is there any added benefit to use one when working
with a MySQL DB? I know in the grand scheme of things that any major
development language/tool with work with any major database as long as
the server and connectors are all setup. I wasn't sure if anyone knew
of any other benefits to use CF or .Net or PHP when the db is MySQL.
Thank you.

tbacile <todd_bacile@yahoo.com> wrote in news:9cc2f231-9f05-408b-b6ca-
cb6b38cf19e9@v4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

>> Aside from the matter that PHP is open source and all the others require
>> money...
>>
>> Go to google and search for CF/.net/PHP comparisons for years worth of
>> reading.
>
> I've seen those comparisons solely between those development
> languages. But is there any added benefit to use one when working
> with a MySQL DB? I know in the grand scheme of things that any major
> development language/tool with work with any major database as long as
> the server and connectors are all setup. I wasn't sure if anyone knew
> of any other benefits to use CF or .Net or PHP when the db is MySQL.
> Thank you

Well, PHP has a bunch of built in functions, not to mention a dedicated
extension for MySQL: http://ca3.php.net/mysqli

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:50:01 -0800 (PST), tbacile wrote:
>> Aside from the matter that PHP is open source and all the others require
>> money...
>>
>> Go to google and search for CF/.net/PHP comparisons for years worth of
>> reading.
>
> I've seen those comparisons solely between those development
> languages. But is there any added benefit to use one when working
> with a MySQL DB? I know in the grand scheme of things that any major
> development language/tool with work with any major database as long as
> the server and connectors are all setup. I wasn't sure if anyone knew
> of any other benefits to use CF or .Net or PHP when the db is MySQL.

All three of those use the exact same C API for calling the MySQL
functions. I'd be very surprised to learn that there's any difference
between the three that's at all attributable to MySQL. You're asking an
oil company whether you should buy a Ford, a Chevy, or a Honda. All of
them use gasoline, but that's as far as we've got any input into the
matter.

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