[Tutor] Python vs. PHP

[Lloyd Kvam]

Yet another choice is a web server written in your scripting language.  The server is
also the application.  ZOPE is a great example of this approach.  You can use your
own Python scripts to implement functions or configure / program ZOPE's facilities.

ZOPE comes with DB access built in.  Executing an SQL command and embedding the results
in a web page is very easy.  There are (finally) books that offer reasonable guidance
in using ZOPE as well as many online references.

If you already have working Python scripts that generate HTML and simply need to be
hooked up to an HTTP server, CGI may be much simpler.

Pijus Virketis wrote:

> Looking around, I find what seem like two different kinds of dynamic
> webpages. Some are written in Perl (Slashcode) or Python (Yahoo search, for
> instance), i.e. "proper" scripting languages, and others are done in
> ASP/PHP. I guess the former are CGI scripts, and the latter are active
> server pages. What are the relative merits of doing things one way or the
> other? If I have a database, which I want to make accessible from the web,
> and I can choose between Python or PHP, what should I consider on the
> design/performance level? Think in the broadest of terms, because I have
> little understanding of even the spectrum of options available between good
> old static HTML and PHP, which I currently use and which is totaly dynamic.
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Pijus
> 
> p.s. I finally managed to get Python, MySQLdb and MySQL to work together on
> my ISP's server, which is why I suddenly have the luxury of choice. :)
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