[UPHPU] PHP Store

[Wade Preston Shearer]

> Basically, if you are dealing with a database, php is sort of a  
> 'must.'

I would disagree that it is a must. Although PHP can handle the job,  
it would feel fairly confident that it is one of the last languages  
used to create non-web applications.

> As far as your 'store end.' Please note that I don't think php has  
> ever been
> used as anything other than a 'backend.'

I hate to correct, but this is not true. PHP was born as a front-end,  
display-logic language. Only until recently has it matured enough to  
be used for more robust back-end scripting.

> Seeing as how the client never sees the php (web browsers parse and  
> display only the results), php is pretty inherently, unless someone  
> says otherwise, 'backend' stuff.

PHP greatest strength is display logic. In regards to web  
applications it is _the_ best language for scripting user interfaces.  
This is what it was created for. As stated above however, I am not  
sure if it is your best bet for a kiosk or drive-through menu  
however. It depends on your technology. Will they be using a mouse  
with a display? will it be touch screen? will the user even interact  
with it (ie, they just read a board and call their order through a  
microphone)?

> Also, as far as I know, php is web-based...I don't think php is  
> used on a non-networked system. For that, something like Perl would  
> be more useful as a scripting language.

Although it is not it's forté, PHP has matured enough to be  
considered an excellent solution for non-web scripting. It is by no  
means a hard application development languages or environments, such  
as C++, Java, or Cocoa, but it is used by many for scripting in the  
same way that Perl is.


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