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[pnjtony]

Anyone here use both? Which do you prefer? Which is easier? Getting hosting for CF isn't an issue.

 

[sefskillz]

getting hosting for php isn't an issue either. coldfusion doesn't have the extensibility, features or modules on nearly the level php does, and you really can't do much better than php.net for documentation. i say go with php.

 

[UtadaBarkley]

getting hosting for php isn't an issue either. coldfusion doesn't have the extensibility, features or modules on nearly the level php does, and you really can't do much better than php.net for documentation. i say go with php.

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[Phoenix]

I'm not a PHP fan, but I do like it more than I do ColdFusion and it seems to be much better supported by the development (and web development) community at large. You can find tons of code and tutorials all over the net for PHP - ColdFusion has almost become stagnant and really has 'fallen from stature' as a platform for the future development of web applications.

 

[ckohler]

I'd lean more towards PHP also simply because it's so prolific.

For what it's worth though, I do work with a guy who's a strong ColdFusion programmer and he can create stuff in half the time. It's really great for building stuff quickly and easily.

 

[djtiesto]

I used to do ColdFusion at my last job so I'm a little biased - the syntax is really easy to get working if you know HTML, while PHP uses a more C like syntax. That said, what the people above said rings true - CF is stagnating a bit and PHP has an excessive amount of libraries for it. A good CF programmer can do stuff in less lines of code and faster than a PHP programmer, though. Really depends on how complex you want to make your site - if you are just gonna go with basic database functionality, you can't go wrong with CF.

 

[rastex]

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[borghe]

php is dumbfoundedly easy. for anyone with a programming background at least. coldfusion almost seem to be proprietary just to be proprietary it seems sometimes. like they do stuff differently just to be different.

took me all of 1 day to decide to move all coldfusion to ASP when I first started here.

 

[maharg]

Also, php5 is a huge improvement over previous versions. A real object model, exceptions, and with 5.1 a consistant database api. Unfortunately, you'll find it much easier to get CF hosting than php5 let alone 5.1. Adoption has been incredibly slow.

On the other hand, CF is far more newb friendly. If you're not a programmer, you'll probably understand it better.