when to use PHP and when to use Java

Anon

i am planning to use mySQl and the controlling code for queries is either PHP or java

I believe if I go with Java and Javascripting, I would install Apache Jakarta with Tomcat, and use for an IDE Borland JBUILDER

So my question, when should I go with PHP and when should I go with Java beans, Java scripts, etc..

Will my applicaiton be faster with Java servlettes, and beans? since they will be compiled.

Please advise
Ziad

bibie

Hi, Ziad. As far as I know, fundamental difference between PHP and Java is OO approach. As you know, Java is pure OO language, while PHP tends to mixed-language and much simpler than Java. Based on my experience (not so much, but it's worthiful enough), if your application is not too complex ad tends to functional approach than entity approach, it's better using PHP since it's easy to implement. But if you wish to do some complex application which involves complex business logic, perhaps it's Java time. More on Java, you could consider again, should it enough to use JavaBean, or Enterprise JavaBean.
That's my opinion. Any response would be welcome.

Anon

IMHO you cannot compare Java in general with PHP. PHP is designed for creating dynamic webpages, often using databases like MySQL (see "LAMP", Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) - a very effective combination.

Java is even more powerful: You can build stand-alone applications, Java-applets, and - quite fresh - JavaServerPages (JSP) which are similar to ASP.

JavaScript is no solution for working with databases, because its aim is to make webpages "slightly" dynamic but works client-sided, has neither database support nor permissions to read/write files.

By the way: PHP is very easy to implement if you're familar to C-syntax. Java needs to be studied.

bibie

I agree with you, but I'd like to mention more points : if the main concern is to build web application, consider also web server that supports it.
If it is Apache, then PHP comes at its best. Java, on other side, needs web container to make it run, and also needs EJB container if you wish to use EJB, which is rather difficult to configure.
The best practice is : if you tend to think that your web application is not considerint heavy business logic (such as transaction, messaging, etc) and you'd like a lot of dynamically generated pages, use PHP. If you think that you should design heavy business-logic and doesn't care with presentation layer, you could use Java in form of servlet or JSP with JavaBeans or EJB.

Good luck, hope it can help you..🙂

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If you are already familiar with C, why not create your application in C?

Java was only invented to make multi-platform binaries, which is completely irrelevant if you are just running it on your own server.
And java requires a runtime-system, which is quite big.

If you want lightweight, fast pages in a language that everybody can understand, use PHP. If you want to do incredibly complex things in a language that only trained personnell understands, use Java or C.
But if you are doing incredibly complex things, do you still want to do them through something as un-stable as a webbrowser?