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PHP5: Ready For The Enterprise? (TechWeb)

[Posted December 6, 2002 by ris]

TechWeb takes a look at PHP. "Combined with its favorite open source buddies, the MySQL database and the Apache web server, PHP enables even the semi-technically literate to create dynamic, database-driven, Web applications. The most popular platform for this powerhouse combination is affectionately known as LAMP (for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), and is rapidly becoming one of the most potent platforms for building Web applications."

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Posted Dec 8, 2002 1:46 UTC (Sun) by Peter (guest, #1127) [Link]

It's a good article, but the title made me laugh. "PHP5: Ready for the Enterprise?" I mean, it's vaporware - how could it be ready for anything? But then I thought, oh, right, the enterprise. That market always plans strategies around vaporware ... maybe PHP5 is ready for them.