[mapserver-users] PHP Vs. Cold Fusion...

[Jessica Anderson]

Scott,

Thank you for your response.  I do have some other questions such as:

Does it run off a ODBC server?

For example for cold fusion you must map out the database through cold
fusion server in order for the code to work properly how would php work in
this sense?

I knew to mapserver and trying to figure out what approach I should use in
creating maps online.

I am currently running windows 2000 operating system.

Thanks,
Jessica

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Carr [mailto:scottcarr at telocity.com]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:40 AM
To: janderson at PacificDataServices.com
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] PHP Vs. Cold Fusion...


The information for PHP is easily accessible.  PHP runs on practically
everything from Win95-WinXP, Linux, Unix, and Others.  You don't have to
purchase a runtime license.  PHP has ~1200 functions at your disposal
including the MapServer functions.

PHP is easier to use.  (Opinion big time)

Look at http://www.php.net for the full manual online in different formats.

<?php
    mysql_connect("localhost", "user", "password");
    mysql_selectdb("databasename");
    $myrows = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users");
?>

Opens a database for use and runs a query on said database. Full code.

Do you have any other questions?

Jessica Anderson wrote:

>Could anyone explain how php would be more useful than cold fusion or the
>advantages of using php?
>
>Jessica Anderson
>Pacific Data Services
>PH. (209) 524-2479
>FAX. (209) 524-0282
>
>
>

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Thanks

Scott Carr
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