Re: Opinions Please, Describing PHP as Web Framework of C and C++

I'd personally say that PHP was originally intended to essentially be a framework for the web, but has since evolved in to its own language. It's just my opinion though... 2009/2/16 Thodoris <tgol@kinetix.gr>: > >> Hello list. >> >> Recently we had some serious discussion on local boards. >> >> I prefer calling PHP as Web Framework of C and C++ >> >> if you had a time for this fruitless discussion. Please send your >> opinions. >> >> Regards >> >> Sancar >> >> > > I think that you can't assume that PHP is a C framework for the web, > basically because when you use a framework (or API or whatever label you > choose to use for describing it) in a language it just abstracts some > aspects of the language making it "easier" to code. > > Since you can't compile PHP (as you would probably need to do with a C API) > and since you don't even need C to write something in PHP you can't call it > a C or C++ framework. > > In addition to this there is an API for C that can be used to code web > applications and it is known as CGI (it is provided by many languages) > > PHP is coded in C and some things are similar in syntax and style but this > is the only relation I can find between the two. > > -- > Thodoris > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >