Question about whether to write a PHP/MySql app or use Access/JET for short term

[johnmerlino]

Hey all,

 

I am in a situation where database management system needs to be up and running very quickly, which would store records of addresses possibly from all the properties in a particular US state. But it would only be 1 US state, not all. These records need to be updated and retrieved for particular campaigns. The programming solution (e.g. PHP) would need to be able to import csv files generated from excel and match the records in the database in order to know which fields to update. It seems like a lot of work to do this from scratch using PHP in the short-term, given time limitations. Hence, I was considering using Microsoft Access as a front end in the interim and then when time is available writing a web-based PHP/MySql application using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript front end to allow users to easily perform data entry. Does anyone think this is a smart course of action? Ideally a web PHP app would be more robust, but considering it needs to be done from scratch, it would be time consuming.

 

There's no right or wrong answer for this. I'm just looking for opinions. Thanks for any response.