Dynamic website pages, PHP or other?

[cgchris99]

I have been asked to help with a section of a website that needs news updated in chronological order.

Would you use PHP/mySQL to store the headline, subhead, dateline, body & contact text in? Or would it be better to use something else? asp maybe?

Of course this has to be displayed on a dynamic page template.

Thanks for any info

[jamesa]

Using a database is easier. What language & database you choose is entirely up to you. All the common contenders are up to the task, so just base the decision on what is easiest for you.

[cgchris99]

I just found out it's a windows server.
So any advice?

Thanks

[jcbergman]

you can use:
ASP and Access Databases, which should require no additional setup (besides the dabase if you do ODBC)
or you can use
PHP and MySQL if they have php and mysql installed on the server.

My personal preference is php/mysql.

[gangstah]

Oh yeah? Well my personal preference is ASP / Access. Wachu think of dem apples?

No, seriously, ASP and PHP both have their share of goods and bads. If you come from a Java or C background then PHP should be old hat to you, if you come from a VB background then ASP will fit your style. If you're not familiar with either one, I'd go with ASP, it's a little easier to cut your teeth on.

Plus Access seems to be easier to administer than MySQL. However, if your going to have hundreds of hits a day I might go with mysql.

[jatar_k]

Plus Access seems to be easier to administer than MySQL

howzat?

if you go with php and mysql you can easily administer mysql with phpmyadmin [phpmyadmin.net] and I would obviously suggest taking that route. ;)