Re: Why PHP ?

Yes you are right. So we have another plus for PHP. Dan Wilson schrieb: > > Sure.. you can do that, but it still pulls in both files. It's just like > having all the code from both files in there with an if statement around > them. > > In ASP, the include directive is processed even before the ASP code begins > processing. If you want to do something like the following (which I do > consistently): > > include("$action.inc.php") > > it won't work. > > -Dan > > > Are you sure this can not be done. I remember we having a multi Language > > Project, where I did: > > <% if language = "E" then %> > > <!--#include file="english.asp"--> > > <% elseif language = "F" then %> > > <!--#include file="french.asp"--> > > ... > > <% end if %> > > > > Howeverwe only defined constants in the files included like that, so you > > might not be able to define functions in there, which would then again > > mean that PHP is superior, which it is. > > > > > Ack - another one. You can't do dynamic includes: > > > > > > PHP > > > <? if (blah) { include("blah.php"); } else { > > > include("foo.php"); } ?> > > > > > > Just CAN NOT be done in ASP2.5. ASP3 introduces a workaround > > > by introducing server.execute as a server function - you can execute > > > another ASP script and include the results. End result should normally > > > be the same, but it's NOT including the second file in the first - they > > > CAN'T do that, and apparently don't want to, else they'd have done it. > > > > -- > > > > Florian Clever > > > > fc@clever-soft.com > > http://www.Clever-Software-Solutions.de/ > > > > PGP Key @ ldap://certserver.pgp.net/ > > > > "Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. > > Then do it. " -- Robert A. Heinlein > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Florian Clever fc@clever-soft.com http://www.Clever-Software-Solutions.de/ PGP Key @ ldap://certserver.pgp.net/ "Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it. " -- Robert A. Heinlein