ASP and PHP development

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  1. ecrawfordw

    ecrawfordw

    We are using ASPX for our dynamic Web pages and have recently introduced PHP for a blog page. A staffer is learning PHP and now, the owners are considering developing more pages in PHP (forums/photo galleries/forms) because it is easy, cheaper and quicker (no waiting for outside programmers.) As Web Administrator, but not a programmer, I will have to manage and want to investigate all possible negatives and positives.

    What are the negatives to consider before running PHP and ASPX on the same Web site - but on different pages?

    Has anyone used ComDev software to develop PHP pages?

    Thanks!
     
    ecrawfordw, Jul 24, 2007
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  2. Joseph Jun

    Joseph Jun DiscountASP.NET Staff

    Hello and welcome to the DiscountASP.NET Communtiy Forum!

    First and foremost, there isn't any technical limitation preventing you from mixing the two languages. Speaking from an administration standpoint you will be managing two separate environments and as long as you can handle it, it shouldn't really be a problem.

    From a programmer's standpoint however, there are a few things to consider though.

    1. Does your ASP.NET web application use forms authentication or SQL Server session state management? If it does, you may want to consider keeping core elements of your site in ASP.NET as it may be difficult to pass this information from language to language if your in-house developer is not intimately familiar with both ASP.NET and PHP.

    2. What type of PHP features are you looking for? If your site is hosted with DiscountASP.NET, we are a little behind in the PHP arena as our core business does cater to the ASP.NET crowd.

    I can't really think of anything else at the moment but I'll post as I can think of anything. If you can provide some more specifics, I'm sure the other forum members will also have additional ideas to contribute.

    Winston

    DiscountASP.NET
    www.DiscountASP.NET
     
    Joseph Jun, Jul 24, 2007
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  3. ecrawfordw

    ecrawfordw

    Winston -
    Thanks for the response. That info was helpful. The elements we are considering for programming in PHP are:

    blogs (hosted on site)
    photo galleries
    forms (contest entry, event registration, e-commerce)

    Will there be any problems with these elements that you can readily identify?

    Eve
     
    ecrawfordw, Jul 25, 2007
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