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Webmaster Forum / HTML, CSS, Scripts / HTML / August 2008PHP is BASIC?
Ive been looking around at some sites for information on understanding PHP. I've come to the conclusion that PHP is basically BASIC. With quite a few more features tossed in purely for the internet. With my extensive background in BASIC, I believe I could incorporate PHP in my site and use it the same way I would BASIC on my PC. As I know a lot of people just don't like javascript, the menu I'm working on now can't be used unless JS is turned on. So I believe the same thing could be served better with PHP. Since PHP is server side, browsers wouldn't know the difference. I may even have a bit more flexibility with it. Any one know of any PHP servers for the PC {vista} outside of wamp? > Ive been looking around at some sites for information on understanding > PHP. I've come to the conclusion that PHP is basically BASIC. > With quite a few more features tossed in purely for the internet. I thought it was basically Perl... although you could argue Perl is basically BASIC (but not that it is BASICALLY basic). > Ive been looking around at some sites for information on understanding > PHP. I've come to the conclusion that PHP is basically BASIC. > With quite a few more features tossed in purely for the internet. Cannot fathom how you came to that conclusion. It has many "Perl"-ish functions and syntax, not BASIC at all.  SignatureTake care, Jonathan ------------------- LITTLE WORKS STUDIO http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com > Ive been looking around at some sites for information on understanding > PHP. I've come to the conclusion that PHP is basically BASIC. > With quite a few more features tossed in purely for the internet. They are the same in that they are interpreted languages, rather than compiled. PHP = PHP Hypertext Processor. So, yes, it has a number of unique features for working in an web environment. It is more like the C language than perl. Signaturejmm (hyphen) list (at) sohnen-moe (dot) com (Remove .AXSPAMGN for email) >> Ive been looking around at some sites for information on understanding >> PHP. I've come to the conclusion that PHP is basically BASIC. >> With quite a few more features tossed in purely for the internet. >> > They are the same in that they are interpreted languages, rather than > compiled. <pedantic>Actually, there are several compiled versions of BASIC - some such as Blitz BASIC only had a compiler and no interpreter. Of course, there are also PHP compilers available...</pedantic> > PHP = PHP Hypertext Processor. So, yes, it has a number of unique > features for working in an web environment. It is more like the C language > than perl. It has a bit of everything thrown in - just look at the function names. [1] Unfortunately in many cases it's the worst bits of everything. :-P [1] Aaron Crane wrote "Function names (and semantics) have been liberally borrowed from Unix system calls (unlink), the C standard library (strcspn), and Perl (split), among other places. Some function names have multiple words separated by underscores (str_replace); others have words squashed together (strtoupper). Some functions have aliases, like disk_free_space and diskfreespace." SignatureSafalra (Stephen Morley) A Colour Picker Widget For JavaScript: http://www.safalra.com/web-design/javascript/widgets/colour-picker/ > >> Ive been looking around at some sites for information on understanding > >> PHP. I've come to the conclusion that PHP is basically BASIC. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > together (strtoupper). Some functions have aliases, like disk_free_space > and diskfreespace." But, at the end of the day, who gives a monkey's? At least it *has* all this functionality and ability to API to mysql, sqlite, etc etc. >Any one know of any PHP servers for the PC {vista} outside of wamp? Presumably that means not Apache. However, the way you've phrased your question makes me wonder if know what you're looking for. You need to have a web server and a PHP interpreter installed. WAMPs are packages that contain both of these and MySQL. But, if you're simply looking for an alternative web server, Abyss is worth having a look at: <http://www.aprelium.com/>. SignatureMartin Jay |
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