Clogging up the Web

I am really growing to like PHP5. With my background in C programming, PHP is a doddle to learn. PHP5 has added some really nice new features for Object-Oriented programming and MySQL. The mysqli module, a replacement for the mysql module (though they can both be used side by side), has several new features and performance increases. One of the new features is binding variables in sql statements, like what has been available for years with the likes of Oracle PL/SQL for example.

I’m going to spending more time on PHP5 / MySQLi and I will be making a concerted effort to develop maintainable component based applications, taking advantage of the OO features in PHP5, such as class templates. Whether I concentrate long term on PHP5 or ColdFusion MX 7 is still up in the air, but I like what I see of PHP5. Whether I use one or the other will depend on the nature and the complexity of the requirements. I can see situations where I would choose one over the other.