php vs. servlet

[Ike]

Can someone pls explain to me the benefits of doing somethign server-side
via a servlet as opposed to php?

Specifically, I am accessing a MySQL database from an Applet. I am
contemplating the middle tier as either a servlet or php.....pls tell me why
I want to use a servlet ? Thanks, Ike

 

[Roedy Green]

Can someone pls explain to me the benefits of doing somethign server-side
via a servlet as opposed to php?

java is oo. Php is not. This helps organise large projects.

 

[Gerbrand van Dieijen]

java is oo. Php is not. This helps organise large projects.

Java is reasonable typesafe, PHP is not, which gives a much higher change
at bugs and ugly unmaintanable code.
$var1="blah"
$var2=3
$var3="5"

<? echo $var1+$var2+var3 ; ?>

This won't give an error in PHP or at best a runtime error.

For more Java versus PHP, I'd search http://groups.google.com