RE: [PHP] php question

> -----Original Message----- > From: michael saxbury [mailto:msaxbury@hotmail.com] > Sent: 01 October 2002 22:57 > > I am trying to understand in deatil exactly what PHP is, I > know that it is a > scripting markup type language, but..... > > Is it correct to say that PHP is essentially just C++ code > wrapped in PHP > blocks which are embedded in HTML? Good grief, no! PHP syntax may be c-*like*, but it is definitely *not* c++. There are many important differences (some of them very subtle) that will reach out and bite you if you think of it as c++. PHP is itself, a separate and distinct language, and should not be thought of in any other clothes...!! Its original and principal use is as a server-side scripting language, but it now has a command-line version, and people have even played with active-scripting and (if I've read recent postings right!) c-embedded versions. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211