Are there any real benefits to using a RDBMS vs. flat files on a simple Web doc system (or basic CMS)?

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The Project

I\'ve been asked to work on an interesting project -- what amounts to a basic Web CMS -- that uses HTML/CSS/jQuery with PHP. However, on

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As the original poster, I wasn't signed in, so I'm following up to the answers so far in an answer (sorry if this is bad form).

• There may instances where this is on a shared host.
• Though the JSON files can technically be edited, this won't be the case. The admin interface will be robust enough to do all of the creating/editing of pages
• The size for each install will be relatively small -- 1 - 2 admins, 10-100 pages. A few lists of common items may run longer (snippets of copy for example).
• Security will be a big issue -- any other options suggestions on this specifically?