| Re: What *tasks* are hard for PHP? [message #172093 is a reply to message #171956] |
Sun, 30 January 2011 19:18   |
joecommodore
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On Jan 23, 6:03 pm, axtens <bruce.axt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've asked this question on my blog. See <http://
> codeaholic.blogspot.com/2011/01/php-what-cant-or-wouldnt-you-do-in-
> php.html>. No flames required. No discussion about language semantics
> or implementation either (if at all possible). I just want to get an
> idea of what can and can't be done with PHP at the task level.
>
> Bruce.
PHP is mainly a server side language so anything that does direct
interaction with the client is either difficult or impossible.
Arcade games with PHP is pretty much impossible.
Unless the PHP server is in your local network printing via PHP is
impossible.
Doing remote terminals (i.e. distributed databases) without a newwork
connection is nearly impossible, (you would have to mirror your PHP
server on the remote device, and then deal with syncing when returning
to the main network, so it is very difficult).
Multimedia is not a strong suit for PHP, it can do well making PDFs
some image manipulation and other static documents but is not well
suited for video, sound or animation work. Then again if the right
client application were written to work with a PHP server then you
might have some great stuff, but that isn't just PHP then.
PHP is great for building centralized applications, one of the best
languages for scaling up to the web with data or other such
applications.
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