On one hand, I might be inclined to agree with them. Fox ISAPI is an aging or obsolete technology in that Microsoft is no longer updating it. But onthe other hand...

PHP is a tool/environment that is somewhat similar to ASP. To say one tool is better than another while not considering the context is meaningless. Don't debate anyone on these terms.

If you have something that works, and it does what you need, and you understand it and have skills with it, then that is better than another tool/environment/language that you don't know at the moment.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your tone, but I would say let the arguing people make noise and YOU try to understand why they believe what they believe. Let them show you. Then you decide.

"Proving" someone wrong who is making such vague statements is likely to degenerate into a religious argument.

Guy



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...I was told that a PHP approach is better because it can access data from any backend datasource, regardless of the operating system on which the data resides. As far as I know, FoxIsapi works only on a Windows server running IIS. I was also told that a Unix based webserver is better for a variety of reasons, but mostly because its more secure.
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>Is there any truth to this? Does anyone know more about PHP? I really like my Foxisapi approach (mainly because I understand it and it works - at least on Windows/IIS) I was given no specific about what exactly is better about PHP - just vague terms like "more secure" and "more versatile across multiple web platforms" etc, etc. I'd like to be able to "fire" back at this critic with some facts about PHP vs. Foxisapi. Any help would be a great help.
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>Alan