[ubuntu-za] Database Problems

[Ewald Horn]

Raoul Snyman wrote:
> On Friday 22 January 2010 16:59:11 Ewald Horn wrote:
>   
> Please steer clear of PHP. It is very easy to write a very insecure and badly 
> written program in PHP. This comes from an ex-PHP developer - I know PHP and I 
> know it's limitations
Raoul, you made my day!

I had to laugh : "It is very easy to write a very insecure and badly 
written program in PHP." I think you can replace the PHP bit with any 
programming language!

The reason I went for PHP is that it's easy to get started with, and for 
an internal application, security is not the primary concern. PHP or 
even Ruby would allow for the use of a PostgreSQL database (looks like a 
requirement) while keeping the learning curve relatively low, especially 
since web form layout is very forgiving. I'd have loved to suggest C# or 
Java but we all know the learning curve behind that.

Best regards
Ewald