Coldfusion to PHP?

Well the basics aren't going to change much - objects, functions, etc. All the things that are inherent in most "imperative programming" languages. The particulars will be all different though. If I remember correctly the syntax for addressing a structure is -> instead of . and I think that also holds true for object methods, although I'm not certain.

I'm probably not telling you anything you don't already know, but that's the gist of it anyway. It's nothing you don't already know. The only thing that will really change significantly will be the syntax and fiddly things like the fact that PHP won't allow you to have white-space before the body of the html document.

You're liable to really miss having cfquery handy. You'll probably be working with a lot of native functions named mysql_this() and mysql_that(). There is a mysql-specific equivalent of cfqueryparam though, which is good because I've had a few sql-injection attempts against http://www.woohooligan.com.

Oh and CreateUUID() is md5(uniqid(rand(), true)).

The syntax and documentation are the big problems for me. Trying to get a handle on the hundreds of functions in PHP.

I recommend you download the PDF from this page, I've found it useful:
http://stores.lulu.com/ucffool

You won't have any problems as long as you keep your mind open. I made the same move about 2 years ago. There will be an adjustment period, but it will be a syntax-only adjustment. The principles, concepts, techniques and constructs will be the same as those you're used to. This is particularly true if you've written any Java as part of your CF work.

@duncan - thank you for that link. I am having to start learning PHP and having a guide locally will be of great help.

@jonny how has your transition been?

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