[Zope] PHP as a scripting language for Zope

Tino Wildenhain tino@wildenhain.de
Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:35:00 +0200


Hi Luciano,

Luciano Ramalho wrote:
> 
> Just as we have Script (Python) and Script (Perl) we should have Script
> (PHP) as a standard Zope object.
> 
> One of the main goals of having Perl Scripts was to make Zope more
> attractive to Perl hackers, right? I believe supporting PHP syntax and
> functions within Zope would attract even more web developers to our
> platform.

Even more developers who are unable to lern how zope works and how to 
use its special strengths. If its a good developer, (s)he would lern
python very quickly. The same time learning how a zope site is to be
planned. If not... these people are usually the first who do it the
wrong way and complaining how bad zope works...

> I wearing my marketing hat as I write this. I love Python, and would not
> profit immediately from either Perl or PHP support within Zope. But it
> is pretty clear to me that this would make our platform even stronger.
> 
> And while we are at it, why not evaluate the possibility of integrating
> JavaScript and VBscript? Maybe we should have a poll: Which language
> would you like to see in Zope after Python and Perl?

Write a parser and start ;)
How about a meta language? ;))

Regards
Tino