Migrating From Cold Fusion to PHP?

[RSedlacek]

I have an entire site developed using Cold Fusion with MS Access datasources and am researching what it would take to migrate it to PHP. I am at a point where I need to host the site on my own server, but can't afford the Cold Fusion server edition. When I began using CF many years ago it didn't cost $1300 for the server edition. How hard will it be to switch from CF to PHP? Can anyone direct me to a good source of information on how to get started programming with PHP coming from a Cold Fusion background?

Randy

 

[RSedlacek]

Doesn't anyone have any advice for me? Should I just suck it up an stay with CF????

 

[MJB3K]

well php is a free open source program so it is free for hosts to host the software which many of them do.

I suggest you look @

http://www.phpfreaks.com

for good tutorials etc.

http://www.phpbuilder.com

is another good resource.

I tried learning CF, but found it too time consuming for what needed to be done and long winded. PHP is clear and consise.

e.g. to assign a variable

<?php //start php code

$name = "Fred"; //assign a variable called name to a value of Fred

echo "Hello " . $name; //outputs Hello Fred

?>

This is just an example of setting a variable and outputting it onto the screen.

Regards,

Martin

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