PHP or Cold Fusion MX?

[Kenji4861]

I'm debating to learn PHP or Cold Fusion, which would be more benefitial to what a company would want? Thanks!

 

[Modeps]

I know both, PHP is much more powerful, even if it's not a 'real product' according to many companies.

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[iotone]

imho, php is a little more "low level" than cold fusion... it feels like there's a lot of little specific functions in php that can be used together to do something you need... cold fusion on the other hand seems to have functions that automate a lot of repetitive stuff (like date formatting, array appending, etc)...

if you can do php tho, you can do cold fusion... not much of a jump there (i did php at my previous jop, now doing cold fusion... took less than a week to learn the syntax)

just my .02

 

[Xede]

Originally posted by: Modeps
I know both, PHP is much more powerful

What makes PHP much more powerful?

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: Xede

Originally posted by: Modeps
I know both, PHP is much more powerful

What makes PHP much more powerful?

Well, more people use it so.....

<-php fanboi

 

[new2AMD]

whats the best way to learn syntax?

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy

Originally posted by: Xede

Originally posted by: Modeps
I know both, PHP is much more powerful

What makes PHP much more powerful?

Well, more people use it so.....

<-php fanboi

CF is all based on pre-existing tags (or user written tags). You've gotta follow their rules whenever making things work. With PHP you make your own rules.

 

PHP kicks the ass of CF all over the intarweb. Learn PHP5 and the new object model. It rocks.

 

[rh71]

I know CF (have only played around with PHP4) and I can tell you CF has been on its way out the door for a few years now. I don't see PHP gaining much popularity among companies either, but I wouldn't take the time to learn CF at this point. Go into .net or java.

 

[KEV1N]

CF is quite easy, I was able to make a working prototype of a table-driven web app (surprise) in about a week. Once you learn one server side scripting language you should be able to learn any, provided you have the background.