Posted by Susan Baker on 12/19/05 15:02

Horst Telliog(lu wrote:

> Susan Baker wrote:
>
>
>>These are the functional requirements of the backend:
>>
>>1). Handle request to logon from the frontend (requires backend to
>>authorize/verify user credentials)
>>2). Retrieve clientdata from backend database, encrypt this data and
>>return to front end (client)
>>3). Implement chatroom and forum server services for use by the frontend
>>(client)
>>4). Handle database requests (mostly running stored procedures) and
>>return results to the frontend (client).
>
>
> What protocol is used for the fontend/backend communication? SOAP?

I don't know yet, I'm still finding out about PHP and what its capable
of doing. I would prefer not to use SOAP though because its too heavy/slow.

>
>
>>This is what I need to do, and any help, pointers or book suggestions
>>will be very useful.
>
>
> Some books I found helpful are
>
> "Better, Faster, Lighter Java" by Bruce Tate, ISBN: 0596006764
> "Beyond Java" by Bruce Tate, ISBN: 0596100949
> "Upgrading to PHP5" by Adam Trachtenberg, ISBN 0596006365
> "PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice" by Matt Zandstra, ISBN: 1590593804
> "Advanced PHP Programming" by George Schlossnagle, ISBN: B0009EK8A4
>
> I am not sure if this is anywhere near what you are looking for ;)

Not really, ;-) - but thanks any way !

>
> I really like Java for my bigger projects with Hibernate as ORM-tool. I am
> also very satisfied with PHP5. The only thing I really miss with PHP5 is a
> good debugger which slows down development considerably.
>
I had to move away from Java/J2EE because of support/maintainance
issues, for now I have scaled down the server side requirements so that
I can use PHP - however, it is still not clear to me, how o use a C#
frontend to communicate with PHP objects at the server side - this is
what I was trying to find out in my OP.
>
>>As an aside, I'm also considering moving from PostgreSQL to MySQL - but
>>Stored Procedures, Triggers and Views are only available in MySQL v 5.*.
>>How widespread is MySQL v 5.X implementations by ISPs is it really
>>production ready yet?
>
>
> Soory but I have no idea. The only thing I can say is that I used MySQL
> versions 3.x and 4.x for years without any problem :)
>
>
> Regards,
> Horst
>

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