Cold Fusion to PHP

How smooth is the transition?

[Noisehag]

Hi all,

I've been working with Cold Fusion for a few years now and was wondering if anyone else here has gone through this particular transition or has any advice. I'd love to learn PHP (need some pros and cons) and maybe even convert some of my current online modules. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance...

[ph_eze_nouz]

Hi,

I was working for many months with Coldfusion, and I have to say that I loved it! The only problem is the hosting. It's pretty hard to find a good one proposing Coldfusion / database at a normal price...

Then, as PHP was just getting more and more famous, I decided to give it a try. I have to admit that I didn't use Coldfusion again! The main problem in Coldfusion is the way you have to code, which, I think, is a bit to static. The development of simple functions can take you days! It also involves a lot of resources and it's difficult to find proper help.

Indeed, PHP is basd on some Perl and C, which makes it easy to use and more intuitive. The entire platform can be installed for free and the online documentation is absolutely amazing (ww.php.net)! Moreover, there is no administration on PHP, which means that each project can be directly implemented on your server without having to worry about the configuration of your server (especially in the case of ODBC).

In your case, I think it will be pretty fast to move your site from Coldfusion to PHP, and you will be surprised to see how great is this scripting language ;)

I hope this will help ;)

Good luck

[Noisehag]

Thanks for the comforting info ph_eze_nouz.

I've taken a look at some PHP code (phpbb to be exact) and found that it appears to be more like a programming language where CF has always felt like a markup language.

And yes, tough to find good documentation in a hurry for CF. Since PHP is so much more wide-spread now, this is one of the reasons I want to convert. Looks to me like I can get all the info and support I need from php.net and this forum.

I have two servers co-located, both with their own CF software. Price tag on that is very steep, so the thought of adding yet another server turns my stomach.

Guess it's time to get aquainted with my first PHP "Hello world!" script. :)

[hughie]

phpbb is very nicely written but it would be difficult to understand from a newcomers point of view.

When i was first learning php that style of coding scared me but i was able to get all the jobs done using much simpler methods. Only as i got more into it did my code begin to get more complex (yet much easier to use).

follow the intro tutorials and you will be suprised how quickly you can pick it up.