How popular is PHP and mySQL?
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:00 am
I created a web statistics program using Flash for the client and Perl CGI for the backend, http://hitcounter.leveltendesign.com. We offer it for free and it has been fairly popular, it is installed on about 15 sites a day. However, we have been getting steadily less traffic from CGI resource sites. Coupled with the fact that several people have requested a PHP version, I believe the growing popularity of PHP has been eroding people looking for Perl solutions.
So we are thinking about creating a PHP version of the backend scripts. Our approach with the CGI version was to make the program as universal as possible by minimizing the need for modules and external resources. To that end all data is stored in indexed text files eliminating the need for an installed database. I have been told that PHP is always installed with mySQL. I would love to use mySQL instead of text but I don’t want to run into a problem that a significant percentage of servers don’t have mySQL available.
What percentage of servers have PHP installed and what percent have mySQL installed both on Unix/Linux and Windows servers?
So we are thinking about creating a PHP version of the backend scripts. Our approach with the CGI version was to make the program as universal as possible by minimizing the need for modules and external resources. To that end all data is stored in indexed text files eliminating the need for an installed database. I have been told that PHP is always installed with mySQL. I would love to use mySQL instead of text but I don’t want to run into a problem that a significant percentage of servers don’t have mySQL available.
What percentage of servers have PHP installed and what percent have mySQL installed both on Unix/Linux and Windows servers?