Re: PHP or COLDFUSION

From: Randell D. (you.can.email.me_at_randelld.at.yahoo.com)
Date: 10/21/03 

Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 07:09:56 GMT

"English Teacher" <EnglishTeacher@ModernEnglish.com> wrote in message
news:b06436f6.0310202239.106bee49@posting.google.com...
> Which would be more useful to learn, PHP or COLDFUSION? I know
> Coldfusion is popular in the work force. Is PHP?
>
> Thanks!

I don't know cold fusion and... considering this is a php newsgroup I don't
know how well you'll get an unbiased answer... however PHP is free and I
believe runs on alot more environments... I *think* coldfusion is limited to
a microsoft environment only... so while it (coldfusion) is popular I think
you'll find that PHP is just as popular (if not more so) because of its
cost, the availability of support, the documentation and the environments it
will run on. Before I got my Apache/Linux server running (on a
Pentium400mhz) I had Apache with PHP and MySQL on my Windoze98 266mhz
laptop. Migrating to a linux platform required little change...

I'm not anti-microsoft, but I think one is limiting themselves when they
pick up skillsets like ASP or VB because they are limited on their
platforms... and if you're going to teach yourself, they can be expensive
skills just to get them working in your own not-for-profit environment...

Hope that helps you decide...
laters
randelld

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