Coldfusion Vs. Php

kvarnerexpress

Jan 8 2006, 10:43 PM

I am a developer for a university and we currently use ColdFusion for all our web applications. Recently my supervisor has been asking me if I know php which I do and I am afraid that he is thinking of ditching ColdFusion in favor of PHP because "it's free" as he keeps hinting. I happen to know that the university is not in financial trouble and can easily continue to afford supporting ColdFusion. I feel that dropping it in favor of PHP would be a tremendous step backwards. ColdFusion is quick and convenient for small projects yet unbelievebly extendable since it can work with any Java package. It is also much better than PHP when it comes to maintaing neat, clean presentation separate from programming code. I need to make sure that I remove any serious intention of making this switch from my supervisor's mind and I'm looking for any point of argument to help me. Does anyone have good ideas for how I can convince him? I really appreciate it.

Avalon

Jan 9 2006, 12:22 AM

To be honest I have only used ColdFusion for a brief period before my ISP at the time decided going for the free PHP option was a better choice. Personally I didn't see a lot of difference between the 2 programs in what they can do. Sure the commands are a little different but basically it seemed to me that they have similar functionality. Then of course I probably only scratched the suface of ColdFusion's capabilities with just doing basic database stuff.

Perhaps going to PHP won't be such a bad thing, (besides all the coding you will have to do), PHP seems to have a lot more resources out there when you need help with a problem. Maybe if you did deeper into what PHP can do you might find it will do what you want anyway.

I know that won't help you convince your supervisor, but that's my thoughts anyway.

mukund

Jan 9 2006, 08:13 AM

Its best to use PHP.

Reasons

Easy Learning if u know C++
OO Programing
Lot of Support
Lot of Code
Good Future
Easy integration with other database
Easily available
Easy configuration
Easy to Install
Easy to write
And
Widespread

Kioku

Jan 9 2006, 08:54 AM

Personally, I just plain perfer php. It's seem to grown to me and it's easy to learn, imho at least. It seems to be all over, anyway.

Have a nice day.

hulunes

Jan 9 2006, 09:20 AM

umm,at first chose the active page language,contrasting severals,like ASP/php/coldfusion/jsp/... i think that asp and php is also easy to master and extend to others.with development of web technology and need,php(jsp is rather powerful but not widespread) is becoming the main stream at least when i used.i just realize coldfusion a little,hope to get some useful experience from here.

eee

Jan 24 2006, 11:59 PM

I havent used coldfusion yet but i always use php so php is my choice...

kelvinismyname

Jan 25 2006, 12:52 AM

I am currently learning Php..so far i can say that it is really easy to learn and i am adopting it really nicely......i havent tried cold fusion b4 but from what i read php out-performs it in certain areas

darthmalis

Jan 25 2006, 05:00 PM

I would stick wit PHP just for the fact that it is supported by nearly all hosts for no extra cost. Youmay like ColdFusion when somebody else is paying for it, but you would be better off getting more familiar with PHP

Yin-Yang

Mar 2 2006, 02:29 AM

PHP > Coldfusion

I'm learning PHP I already know C++ and PHP seams
like A joke but it does what I need it to.

Inspiron

Mar 2 2006, 08:48 AM

I'll prefer PHP as compared to any other server-sided scripts. My lecturer once told me that Java is the future, so does JSP, but I don't agree that JSP will be the future. These are my reasons:
JSP - Java Server Pages

1. PHP is widely supported
2. PHP has huge communities that you can find help easily with
3. PHP applications are easy to find and they work faster than any other server-size scripts
4. PHP is easiest to install
5. PHP is free

On the other hand, in the case of JSP,

1. JSP does not have any huge communities
2. JSP is harder to learn
3. JSP needs to be compiled before running, hence it is slower
4. There isn't any much help you can find for JSP
5. JSP is not easy to install

I'm not sure about ColdFusion, probably it may be worst than JSP because it pretty known to many people? I'm not sure..

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Trap FeedBacker

May 16 2008, 10:46 AM

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Coldfusion Vs. Php

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Coldfusion is a better choice for working in a corporate environment: every since MX introduced components which allowed you to build objects it has been far easier to control development over large projects. Tag introspection also allows it to be self-documenting which is a huge time saver. Plus many of the really awesome user features (like the dynamic charting, the CFFILE and CFTREE tags) are only really used in business applications.

For bog-standard websites, there's really not much to choose. In fact since Joomla arrived, that is the first choice for ad hoc development.

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Trap FeedBacker

Apr 21 2008, 05:51 PM

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Coldfusion Vs. Php

Well, ive been a cold fusion developer for over 5 years, and have done lots of work with php aswell, and the choice really depends on the applications you are going to create, hands down Cold Fusion will cut development time by over 40%, and with a solid frame work, like FuseBox, you will be amazed how fast development will be. So if you have the budget for it, Cold Fusion all the way

Php on the other hand, free, and available everywhere, ive found even performance to be slightly better than coldfusion also, and I wouldnt like to get involved with a large project in php either, way to much hair, its my choice for quick and dirty apps.

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Trap FeedBacker

Apr 17 2008, 03:17 AM

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Coldfusion Vs. Php

I have tried both but I think coldfusion is a lot easy compare to PHP, doing things in coldfusion can take lesser time compare to PHP, that's in my case as a beginner, well then ask your boss, how much cost will it take to maintain coldfusion compare to the salary he will pay to the additional number of personnel to work on PHP to finish a job.

But any way coldfusion could run on Apache web server running on Linnux right? so why not try that option both Apache and Linnux are free so your company will just have to pay for the maintenance of coldfusion.

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Trap FeedBacker

Apr 5 2008, 04:33 PM

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I have the free developer version of ColdFusion 8. What expenses are involved with ColdFusion that my version doesn't cover?

Thank you

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Trap FeedBacker

Apr 4 2008, 12:15 AM

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ColdFusion is horrid.

And PHP shouldn't be a resource hog unless you are running it CGI mode instead of as an Apache module. Also...Windows/IIS combo is the worst.

-reply by Sam H4xXx

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