Re: New PHP project from scratch, PDO or psycopg?

From	Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php, comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: New PHP project from scratch, PDO or psycopg?
Date	2026-02-24 20:29 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:39:36 +0100, J.O. Aho wrote:

> Sure you could have been able to write everything in one or the
> other language (python can do both frontend and backend, as you can
> do with php too even less common), but I doubt you have the power to
> decide this.

You could make the case to your PHP-loving PHBs to write the whole
thing in Python on the basis that it is a more sophisticated language,
with built-in support for async/await, advanced libraries for
convenient access to WebSocket functionality etc.

And it doesn’t need to run as a module in a web server.

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