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[Greg Rundlett (freephile)]

(sorry if this is a duplicate - I posted earlier with the incorrect
sender address)


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Greg Rundlett <greg_rundlett at harvard.edu>
Date: Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Parse HTML Files as PHP
To: NYPHP Talk <talk at lists.nyphp.org>


On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Ajai Khattri <ajai at bitblit.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Peter Sawczynec wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any comment on this strategy pro or con?
>
> Not good for performance or scalability.

Why exactly?  mod_php is both performant and scalable.

> A PHP framework with routing
> should allow you use URLs with .html at the end without resorting to
> changing Apache's behavior.

You're saying that  complex framework is a better solution than a
configuration one-liner.  Why?


I've used this technique successfully before when converting a series
of websites with tens of thousands of flat html files into my own
custom CMS under the covers.


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