title: Java OR PHP Server Side Web App and Why?
body: <p>I am creating a web app that involves a lot of DB access and parsing and analysing data , Java is the language i am most comfortable with but recently have been told that I should consider to use PHP as it makes DB access protocols a lot simpler.</p>
  
  <p>I dont have any great knowledge of PHP but would be willing to learn for use if it was going to be the better option as far as functionality , portability ect is concerned.</p>
  
  <p>The Web app will run against an Oracle DB and use Flex for the GUI, Please any experiences of similar projects and what made your chosen approach better would help or just opinions of any sort.</p>