John Paul Ashenfelter wrote: >On 12/21/05, Claude Schneegans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>One the the biggest advantages of CF over PHP is that the interface to >>any database >>does not depent on the type of database. There are no calls to >>functionalities proper to the type of database. >> >> > >While I have certainly found the db-specific libraries annoying in PHP >site rewrites/db migrations (there are TWO mysql libraries foe >example), one enormous benefit of db-specific libraries is that they >can be specifically optimized for the database, which generally >improves speed. DB abstraction layers can obscure vendor-specific >functionality in some cases and in other can result in calls that the >abstraction layer must support to meet spec that don't exist in the >underlying database. > >And as an aside, PHP 5 introduced PDO (PHP Data Objects) which is a >database abstraction layer modelled on the equivalent JDO (Java Data >Objects) model. > >-- >John Paul Ashenfelter >CTO/Transitionpoint >(blog) http://www.ashenfelter.com >(email) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I develop in both PHP and Cold Fusion, and I must say I *much* prefer CF's way of connecting to database's over that of PHP's - even if it does add another nanosecond or two when connecting to my database. The ease of coding and portingt is worth it and makes it cost effective.
Other things I prefer about CF over PHP. - The default functionality of the Application,cfm file and OnRequestEnd file. This functionality can be duplicated using a .htaccess file, but it's not incorporated into PHP by default. - There is no PHP equivalent to <CFDUMP> in PHP. In order to view your variables you must create loops and loop over everything. Since I use CFDUMP quite often while developing in CF, I have found that I very much misss that functionality when developing in PHP. Not to mention that writing loops instead of a one-line CFDUMP is a bit more time-consuming. - Building queries is a whole lot simpler in CF then it is in PHP. CF Wraps up queries is a nice, neat package, while PHP contains a lot of functionality, it can get quite complicated and takes some getting used to if you're used to developing in CF. HTH! -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227648 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
