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fernimac
Joined: May 26, 2004
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Posted: 12/02/2004 03:38 am
I am developing a site that basically collects data from what visitors look for in other websites (what they search for, which categories of products have the highest demand, which products are searched for that we don't have...) Then, I want to present all this data graphically, so that one could see trends, evolution in time and combine different criteria in order to predict future demand.
I have a lot of experience with ASP and I am starting to develop one site in PHP and another with ColdFusion. I have been checking and it seems easier to build such a site with ColdFusion (which is able to draw statistical graphs out of data in MySQL tables, for instance, with no external or additional components in the server side) or with PHP.
Any suggestions, experience, with these?
Which technology has a softer learning curve?
Which one is faster serving the information?
Thanks a lot.
Fernando
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Sinoed
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Joined: Dec 11, 2000
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Posted: 01/04/2005 10:06 am
I'm not sure to tell you the truth, I've never tried grahping with either language. I would suspect though that without additional components required ColdFusion would serve the graphs faster than PHP. PHP is pretty easy to learn but ColdFusion might be the better route to go if the language is designed for it. HTH. 
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lizardz
Joined: Nov 12, 2004
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Posted: 01/10/2005 02:19 pm
It's too late probably, but php/mysql and either gd or imagemagik can do this easily.
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langard
Joined: Dec 15, 1999
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Posted: 01/10/2005 06:59 pm
I agree with lizardz. There are about 100-plus free PHP classes out there that - when used with the GD library - will output all sorts of exotic graphs to the screen, to MSExcel, to MSWord, Zip, Gzip...just about anything you want a script to do.
CFM is canned and costs money. PHP is open and free. That's why a thousand developers are working on a hundred different graphing routines worldwide in PHP. It's also a plus if you have to change it next year.
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g1smd
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Posted: 01/12/2005 10:49 am
You have only to find a site that does loads of stats, even if it is just their own visitor stats, to see the power already built into PHP for that.
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fernimac
Joined: May 26, 2004
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Posted: 01/12/2005 11:05 am
Thanks for all of your replies! It is not too late. I have been developing my first site with PHP and it has proved to be easier than I thought. Once you know ASP and Javascript it's pretty easy to get used to the new syntax. I have seen that it is more powerful than ASP so I am going to use PHP for this graphs site. Thank you!.
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