I need some advice on which version of PHP & server to go with.
The website I am doing research for would need to be able to access a database in order to make the site interactive. Similar to the Microsoft Knowledge base at MSDN but for something totally different.
Also the site would need to be able to process orders possibly with in built secure facilities that can process credit card numbers. I may outsource that side of the project but if I do it needs to seamlessly integrate with the website I am developing. Later I may need Java servelets as well so the server is going to have to be able to allow me to install support for them or have that already built in.
Is PHP 4 established enough to develop this kind of project or should I look at PHP 3 instead?
Any advice on a good server that would enable the points I suggested?
Thanks.
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And, without doubt, hook it up with Apache. Apache is the fastest, most stable, most capable, most configurable web server out there. 70% of sites on the internet use it, tons of programmers work on it, and the community around it is huge.
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There are problem with running PHP 4.2.1 (or whatever the newest version was) with Apache 2. So check out the "bug" section of php.net to see how to solve the problem which took me a week to do :@