----------------------------------- kythoon Sat Jun 14, 2003 11:54 am What is php? ----------------------------------- I have seen it around alot but dont really know what it is ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Sat Jun 14, 2003 12:01 pm ----------------------------------- It's a very dynamic webpage programming language...you can even make games with php... and if u hadn't noticed this forum website is made with php as well :D ----------------------------------- kythoon Sat Jun 14, 2003 1:47 pm ----------------------------------- how is it different from html? ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Sat Jun 14, 2003 2:29 pm ----------------------------------- lol... it's nothing like html... it has it's own syntax... you can declare variables have loop or if statements , u can access databases and a hell lot more... ----------------------------------- octopi Sat Jun 14, 2003 2:56 pm ----------------------------------- Html is static. Php is dynamic. They are very different. Php can output html if you want. which would output this: Php outputting html. Php can make things like simple counters, login programs, and anything to shopping carts, or as homer said games. ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Sat Jun 14, 2003 4:00 pm ----------------------------------- think of it this way.... in programming there are three main phases... input, processing, output HTML can only do the input and output phases... PHP pretty much adds the processing stage to it ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Sat Jun 14, 2003 5:40 pm ----------------------------------- here : http://www.vtc.com/php.htm?ppc you can learn all the basics of php in less than 30 mins in these videos... and after you know the basics... http://php.net is the place to go... =) i know php pretty good so i'll help you if you need help with anything... ----------------------------------- kythoon Sat Jun 14, 2003 6:41 pm ----------------------------------- ic now thanks ----------------------------------- Amailer Sun Jun 22, 2003 2:59 pm !?! ----------------------------------- If you are into makign sites and etc...PHP IN THE BEST LANGUAGE FOR IT! Nothing else is better! ----------------------------------- Blade Sun Jun 22, 2003 4:32 pm ----------------------------------- Php can output html if you want. it can be simpler than that, you dont really need the header line.. ----------------------------------- krishon Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:15 pm ----------------------------------- well u could add html and javascript together to make it dynamic...couldn't u? ----------------------------------- Amailer Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:31 pm ----------------------------------- you could, but its just extra. Really not needed :) Now things that might be needed sometimes