[linux-novice] RE: linux-novice Digest, Vol 37, Issue 5

[Fred Jensen]

On Jun 1, 2007, at 10:42 AM, Dave O'Neill wrote:

> On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:34:57PM -0400, Darcy Whyte wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for your reply!
>>
>> Can you explain why you wouldn't use PHP?
>
> There are other languages better suited to the task.
>
> PHP isn't really intended for developing applications that run  
> outside a
> webserver -- such as a cron script or a standalone daemon.  While it's
> _possible_ to do these things with PHP, it's really not recommended.
>

On the other hand, if PHP is what you're comfortable with, it may  
just work fine (depending on exactly what you're doing). It may be  
less resource-efficient, harder to code, or just plain slow  
(depending on exactly what you're doing).

If you do use PHP, you'll want to have the CLI (command-line- 
interface) version installed...see http://www.php.net/ 
features.commandline

Fred