RE: PHP, Zend, & mod_perl

[Jeremy A Horland]

Yeah, I gave a look at roxen, and maybe it does connect to mysql, but it
does not seem to fall into the arguement of PHP vs. mod-perl. It does not
appear to have a speed advantage, and its ease of use stops at ms windows
limitations.

As to mod_perl vs PHP, it depends on the use. For fast one-database lookups
and "hello world" simple scripts, yeah PHP screams just as fast as mod_perl
and has a slight ease of use advantage.

Once, however, you need to keep track of users shopping carts, inventory,
joined to brands and or categoories tables, all woven together neatly, you
really need mod_perl for real speed, reliability, and flexibility.

Two cents again
Jeremy Aaron Horland
Extropia Open-Source software
www.extropia.com
(yes v2.0 will be FULLY MySql realy)

>Pardon my ignorance.  But, I went to www.roxen.com and didn't find anything
>useful.
>
>I'm guessing that you're hinting at particularly good performance of php on
>roxen.  I'd be interested to hear more.
>
>Thanks.
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Graeme B. Davis [mailto:GraemeD@stripped]
>Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 10:02 AM
>To: Andri Bjdrby; Allen Bolderoff
>Cc: Ken Gunderson; mysql; allen@stripped
>Subject: Re: PHP, Zend, & mod_perl
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>
>Amen Brother.
>
>Graeme
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Allen Bolderoff <allen@stripped>
>To: Andri Bjdrby <andre@stripped>
>Cc: Ken Gunderson <webweaver@stripped>;
><allen@stripped>
>Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 7:40 PM
>Subject: Re: PHP, Zend, & mod_perl
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>
>> I have just one word (and a URL).
>>
>> Roxen
>>
>> http://www.roxen.com
>>
>> > Ken Gunderson wrote:
>> >
>> > > Greets All:
>> > >
>> > > About this time a year or so ago I inquired about php vs perl/mod_perl
>use
>> > > with MySQL.  There was healthy debate and I concluded it was about
>split,
>> > > with PHP having advantages in ease of use and mod_perl in speed and
>> > > capabilities.  During the ensuing year PHP has added to it's feature
>list
>> > > and grown ever more popular.   One doesn't seem hear much about
>mod_perl
>> > > lately.  PHP enthusiasts have been know to speculate that Zend/PHP4
>will
>> > > accelerate PHP's popularity into the stratosphere and all but
>eliminate the
>> > > use of Perl for web programming.  Still, the mod_perl and Apache API
>are
>> > > well proven paths.  So I repose my question of a year ago and ask the
>gurus
>> > > to once more elaborate a bit about the relative merits of each and
>where we
>> > > are today on these issues.
>> > >
>> >
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> > Mod_perl can be used to extend all phases of Apache (URI translation,
>access
>> > control, authorization, logging etc), which I don't think PHP can.
>> >
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