Posted by btnd on April 19, 2003, at 22:44:05
In reply to Re: PHP based forum?, posted by Dr. Bob on April 19, 2003, at 8:39:17
> I know PHP is really becoming popular. But can you point me to any speed comparisons?
>Hmm I tried to find some graphs/comparisons via search engines but couldn't find any(although I definitely *seen* one, so I'll keep looking and if I find anything I will post). But there is much better test to compare perl/php: people's opinion :) Ask anyone who has used both and I'm 95% sure that they will say php is definitely superior.
(you've already have 2 votes for php: me and the other poster in this thread :) groups.google.com would probably show up some statistics showing that php is faster and better.>IMHO the best way to change your forums into php >based would be to setup a phpbb.com/phpnuke.com >forum and customize it so it would be all working >fine. During that time still use the perl based. >When the PHP based forums would be working fine >and customized properly - try to move the old >perl messages to mysql+php
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> I agree, that would be the way to do it. Unless I just converted the current system to MySQL...
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> BobIf you are able to convert current form to MySQL - setting up a phpbased forum using MySQL database is just the finishing process and is very easy. Like I said before, I can help you out with setting up the forum, because as I see you've never done it before, although you seem to have extensive knowledge on perl, so probably with very little reading about PHP forums - you could create it yourself alone:) If not, then I can definitely help - this site,people helping one another,the whole board is worth turning it into PHP forum because it will DEFINITELY bring more people to this site and will help current users to read threads and it will also be easier for you to moderate/administer.
Regards,
Brad
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