PHP vs VB for inventory system

[valen53]

i do a inventory system now , it quite complicated and big. it is standalone system not for Online 1.

anyone can give me a comment whether use VB or PHP was more suitable for this inventory system?

B'cos i just more familiar with this 2 programming.

[craigh]

PHP's strength is that it runs well in a www environment. It was not designed to build standalone applications. HOWEVER, the PHPGTK package will apparently allow you to build standalone apps. I've never tried it. PHP is cross platform and when used with a suitable web server is multi-user friendly.

VB has its own quirks (like it won't run on a Mac, for one). But it integrates well with other MS products like Excel and Access. BUT! Neither Access or Excell is suitable for a LARGE project (especially if you intend to have many users concurrently).

It sounds like you need Java or C++, but I don't know much about those. :-) I guess it ultimately depends on your environment and what you are more comfortable with.:p

[johnnyv]

php and php-gtk can be used to make GUI apps that are cross platform.

personally i would go with php but thats just my opinion.

you can still run a webserver on the system with mod_php and therefore use a browser as an interface if you don't want to get into the trouble of learning php-gtk.