Sivakatirswami,
FWIW, Flickr actually *is* written in PHP. They just use browser
friendly URLs (which are easily configured with Apache to hide things
like ".php" extensions). Cal Henderson, the original lead developer,
actually wrote a great book: Building Scalable Web Sites (The Flickr
Way) which uses PHP throughout.
Facebook is also written in PHP, and many other large sites. I think
you'll find that the language has a huge installed base and will be
around quite some time.
With that said, I would focus on what people with similar needs to
your are using - and don't assume that you can tell just by visiting
their site. If you can't tell what they are using, there is a decent
chance it's PHP!
In regards to your html snippet, I would just say that using PHP
doesn't mean that you have to run *everything* through PHP. You can
most certainly supply links to static content. For example, there is
no reason per se to have your privacy policy coming from a PHP file-
it might as well just be privacy.html. If you use an off-the-shelf
CMS solution, you may find that everything gets tunneled through PHP
scripts, but even that is not so bad -- the performance is quite good
if properly configured (and/or if you aren't taking on a huge amount
of traffic). Either which way, I wouldn't find the snippet you posted
alarming - it all really depends on your needs and what kind of data
you are going to be displaying on those pages.
Hope that helps and feel free to contact me off-list if you have
specific PHP questions that I might be able to help you with.
This is a super blue sky query for comment:
We're interested in possibly outsourcing some web dev. In response
to any RFP we might issue
we will no doubt get a number of developers using LAMP. I already
have one handy.
All his web sites are *.php based (and table based) zero
javascript or AJAX.
We are wondering about the future of putting a huge amount of data
into a PHP based web "container"
Anyone have any comments? PHP is alive and well and moving forward...
It is the basis for our wiki (PMwiki)
On the other hand I don't see any in use in many progressive "Web
2.0" sites.
Not a single page at www.apple.com google or Flickr uses PHP.
If we were, e.g. to take "www.hinduismtoday.com" from it current
"retro" state
(very much in need of a make over) to a new future, I'm concerned that
pouring all that content into LAMP, could throttle any movement
forward after that...
Our content is a perfect candidate from offering API's for mashups.
And our "mission statement" would definitely involve taking the
wrapper
off the data and making it available.
This kind of code (below) makes me nervous... but I don't know if
my gut feeling
is simply based on ignorance of the unknown, or if it is a valid
intuition that
if we went this direction we would be hobbling our future:
# every single dynamic element involves kicking the PHP can...
<br><font class=footer>
<A href=http://www.kauaiunitedway.org/ class=footermenu>Home</A> |
<A href=subpage.php?main_cat_id=1 class=footermenu>About Kauai
United Way</A> |
<A href=subpage.php?main_cat_id=2 class=footermenu>Contribute</A> |
<A href=subpage.php?main_cat_id=3 class=footermenu>Participating
Agencies</A> |
<A href=contact.php class=footermenu>Contact</A> |
<A href=subpage.php?main_cat_id=5 class=footermenu>News</A> |
<A href=subpage.php?main_cat_id=6 class=footermenu>Frequently Asked
Questions</A> |
<A href=sitemap.php class=footermenu>Sitemap</A> |
<A href=privacy.php class=footermenu>Privacy</A> |
<A href=linktous.php class=footermenu>Link to Us</A>
Insights anyone? This is a "no holds barred" discussion: tell it
like you see it.
if it is felt this should not be exposed on the list, email me off
list...
up to you. Though I suspect it would interest many here...
TIA:
Looking for the Big Picture
on Future Web Dev
Sivakatirswami
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