Re: [Dynapi-Help] Would you like to able to clone() and persist() DynLayers?

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From: "Robin Becker" <ro...@re...>
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Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] Would you like to able to clone() and persist()
DynLayers?


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> Does PHP have any advantage over any other approach? We use python+cgi
> to do stateless xmlrpc and this has real advantages in being very
> portable. There are also numerous python xmlrpc servers.

I think most scripting languages are fundamentally very similar nowadays -
the biggest difference is what you're comfortable with. Personally I find
php syntax very natural. One big advantage of php is the huge installed user
base and the fact that you don't really need to know much about it to start
using it. The database integration is great which of course is a big plus if
you're going to start serialising and storing objects to introduce state to
your apps. Probably the best way to judge suitability to a particular task
is to visit php.net and check out the built in functions. Also, If you're
writing apps for commercial distribution, you can compile php scripts with
the zend encoder (www.zend.com) to optimise and protect them.