[Phpwm] PHP Vs .net

[Alex Mace]

I call FUD on that. Please provide concrete, real world examples about  
how you need a "more stable" database than MySQL? Or are you just  
trying to imply that MySQL is unstable?

On 2 Dec 2008, at 15:18, Lester Caine wrote:

> Justin Joyce wrote:
>> Long time lurker although have made one or two posts before…
>>
>> I have a quick question (quick in that the question is short.. I  
>> don’t
>> imagine the answers will be!) on the subject of PHP vs .Net as a
>> development platform for large ecommerce sites…
>>
>> Our current ecommerce site is built on a MS SQL database and has
>> recently been re-written in .net (previously asp). The site uses a
>> number of third party API’s who recommend the MS platform as their
>> preferred solution although in most cases we are aware of other sites
>> using the same API’s successfully in a PHP / MYSQL environment.  
>> What I
>> am looking for are your views on moving the site away from the  
>> current
>> MS platform to an open source solution utilising PHP and other open
>> source tools / databases… we have talked about it with the .net
>> developers and they are (naturally) bleating about lack of support  
>> and
>> all the usual BS…  therefore I guess my question is… Should PHP /  
>> MYSQL
>> be seriously considered for a reasonably busy ecommerce site that  
>> needs
>> 24 hour uptime, 99% reliability, PCI DSS compliant security etc etc.
>
> Short answer - NO
> Linux + Apache + PHP not problem, but a more stable database makes a  
> lot
> of sense. Of cause I would push Firebird, since I've been relying on  
> it
> for 15 Years ( even before it was open sourced ;) ) but Postgres has
> been playing a good game of catchup. But the main thing with this
> package is that you only pay for hardware, so 'spreading the load' if
> demand increases is easy.
>
>> Thanks in advance for your time in reading this / answering.
>
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