Have you ever purchased PHP software?

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Have you purchased PHP based software?

Very frequently
0
No votes
Several times
1
7%
Once - never again
2
14%
No but I have considered it
3
21%
Never I'll always write my own
8
57%
 
Total votes: 14

alex.barylski
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Have you ever purchased PHP software?

Post by alex.barylski »

I have been tempted before and purchased software in the past, but was horribly disappointed once I looked into the code and used the software and discovered a zillions bugs.

I know we all have the urge to build it ourselves, but sometimes the idea of saving some time really appeals to us and we seek third party options.

Have you purchased software in the past (PHP based)? If so what was it that made you choose that company and it's wares???

- Price
- Support
- Documentation
- Ease of installation
- Graphics Design
- High Standards (MVC, Unit Testing, W3C compliance)

I would ike to hear those kind of answers and maybe even the product itself. But the poll question is - Have you ever purchased PHP based software?
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Josh1billion
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Post by Josh1billion »

Nope, I've always written my own code.
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Post by Benjamin »

I don't buy it but I do sell it ;)

The only thing I have ever bought PHP related is the ioncube encoder.
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

I've purchased a chat application, but it was Flash. I didn't care if it was flash or PHP, mind you, I chose it based on its built-in compatibility with phpBB and Wikimedia. I could have written it myself in PHP/JS, but it was due on a deadline and I figured the $5 was well worth it ;-) And it was.

Most things have a good, open source equivalent in PHP. I've found that other things are often either worth building from scratch or not a perfect solution to your problem.
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Post by shiznatix »

I will never buy software but my company does keep an up-to-date vbulletin license and a license for vbseo (which I think is actually snakeoil but my boss certainly does not)
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Post by John Cartwright »

I've purchased software before, yes.
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Post by matthijs »

If I remember correctly at least once or twice. Mint from Shauninman for a few domains. And some intranet-/filemanagement package, but the only thing I remember is the horrible code. We never used it .. luckily not only the code was cheap, the price as well :)
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Post by Luke »

I considered paying for PHP-based ecommerce / shopping cart software but couldn't find anything that looked like it was worth any money. That's how DevNetStore started, and probably why Magento Commerce is seeing so much press.
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Post by patrikG »

The Ninja Space Goat wrote:I considered paying for PHP-based ecommerce / shopping cart software but couldn't find anything that looked like it was worth any money.
:!: indeed. Same here.
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

Nope, I have never purchased PHP software.
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