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  Subject: NEW PROGRAMME
Author: Tony Lavinio
Date: 26 Jan 2006 02:30 PM
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You need better definitions of your terms; those are all pieces
of technology that might be used in building a CRS system, but
your questions don't make sense.
1. MySQL is a database that can be used to store the information.
Other than storage and retrieval, it doesn't do much else.
2. PHP is a programming language that can be used to build systems,
especially web-based ones. It's possible the entire system is
built with this.
3. XML isn't a programming language, but a way of describing
documents so that different systems can share them. Although it
looks something like HTML and they share a common ancestry, they
are very different in use. HTML is for display only, XML can be
for many sorts of information sharing.
Technology is only one aspect of the choice - support, scalability,
upgrade policies, source availability - all these should be factored
in also. Making a decision solely based on MySQL/PHP is like choosing
a vehicle based on its color, without checking whether it is a bicycle
or a car or a forklift.
In my opinion, asking you to make this decision is a mistake by
your management. Someone who understands the issues should be
assigned. Otherwise you will be the one to blame if things don't
work out.
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