Newbie Question, converting to ColdFusion

Hello,
We are converting to ColdFusion, and I am wondering if it is in fact possible. Currently, we use just HTML, with PHP and JS
We are switching to a host that will only take coldfusion pages. Can I convert with no rewriting?
I am useless at code, and have very limited knowledge, so I really need to know if it is possible, and if I can do it?
I have dreamweaver CS4, Any insight or information is appreciated.

Hello,
We are converting to ColdFusion, and I am wondering if it is in fact possible.
Yes it is possible, just about anything is possible.
Currently, we use just HTML, with PHP and JS
We are switching to a host that will only take coldfusion pages. Can I convert with no rewriting?
No, CFML and PHP have to completely different syntaxes and many different functions and object to work with. Nominally they both do the same thing, and a developer with resonable experience with web scripting languages can usually translate from one to the other fairly easily, but the ColdFusion engine is not going to understand PHP code.
Now having said that, there are some blogs out there where some really geeky types with much time on their hands have sucessfully gotten recent versions of ColdFusion to use it's underlinging Java to make calls that will run other language syntax like PHP. I can only suggest a search for something like "Running PHP in ColdFusion" in your favorite web search tool.

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