title: Should PHP developers use MySQL's stored procedures?
body: <p>I've been writing asp.net apps with SQL Server back ends for the past 10 years. During that time, I have also written some PHP apps, but not many.</p>
  
  <p>I'm going to be porting some of my asp.net apps to PHP and have run into a bit of an issue. In the Asp.net world, it's generally understood that when accessing any databases, using views or stored procedures is the preferred way of doing so. </p>
  
  <p>I've been reading some PHP/MySQL books and I'm beginning to get the impression that utilizing stored procedures in MySQL is not advisable. I hesitate in using that word, advisable, but that's just the feeling I get. </p>
  
  <p>So, the advice I'm looking for is basically, am I right or wrong?  Do PHP developers use stored procedures at all? Or, is it something that is shunned?</p>