"tnhoe" <tn***@pc.jaring.my> wrote in news:bj**********@news5.jaring.my:
I see latest release Php4.3.3 includes CGI only at :
http://www.php.net/downloads.php
So is this correct that it is not server side scripting engine as ASP
does ? Plz anyone compare ASP+MySQL and Php+MySQL on adv/disadv on web
database application (eg: ticketing & stock control system) ?
The latest PHP install program comes with CGI only. Just download the
zipped version, it comes with SAPIs and all the bells & whistles.
PHP is not a scripting engine. It's a scripting language, powered by the
PHP interpreter, which relies on the Zend Engine. That makes it different
from ASP, ASP being a scripting platform.
If you ask which is best in a PHP group, what answer do you expect,
honestly? :-)
An argument the other reply didn't mention is that PHP is available in it's
complete form for servers other than IIS (the CGI version will work with
any CGI-compliant server, there are SAPIs for the most popular servers).
You've also got access to the entire source-code, under the GPL, meaning
that if there's something you don't like, you can change it quite easily.
There's tons of other arguments, do a search on Google.
KAH