PHP feelings?

[gs at styrax.com]

Pierre,

Q. 1: what kind of database? if speed and cost are your major 
constraints you should certainly look at Zope: i personally think 
Zope is a great tool for connecting to RDBMSs

Q. 2: don't know much about PHP, but if you already know python why 
would you want to use PHP to do something that python/Zope or just 
python (e.g. http://webware.sourceforge.net/) can do perfectly well 
(if not better ;-)?

Q. 3: judging from what little you've said you want to do, Zope 
certainly does it and IMHO does it very well. if you're building web 
apps, i can't really think of anything you might want to do that you 
couldn't do in Zope!

another consideration: the general Zope mailing list is very helpful!

cheers,

Garry

On 17 May 2001, at 16:30, Imbaud Pierre wrote:

From:           	Imbaud Pierre <pierre at saiph.com>
Subject:        	PHP feelings?
Organization:   	Wanadoo, l'internet avec France Telecom
To:             	python-list at python.org
Date sent:      	Thu, 17 May 2001 16:30:27 +0200

> Im an average python addict, on the edge to learn/install/use/adopt
> PHP, on a linux machine. And I dont like it. I feel there is no good
> or bad tool per se, it heavily depends on your background: if basic is
> the only langage U know, then its a wonderful tool. Thats why I ask
> here, to people with the same background. Question 1: I need to design
> a website, or rather a web-accessed application, that will give access
> to a database: add, update, delete. Medium size, 50k to 500 k records,
> about 10 users, needs to be reliable. I dont have time or money to
> develop a fancy app. Do I have a (python driven, for instance)
> alternative to PHP? Question 2: how good (or bad) is PHP? grammar,
> system reliability, etc. Id like to hear from people with solid
> professional experience. Question 3: I had a look at Zope, it seems to
> be a tool to manage web content (versionning, concurrent access, etc),
> doesnt seem to be able to do what I need. But maybe it does, or some
> app using Zope does?
> 
> I hope not too many people will feel Im on the wrong mailing list...
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