Setting a few basic standards

I've been watching the discussion on GMP more out of idle curiosity as BC Math fits much better when I actually need anything larger than 64bit numbers. http://phpsurgery.org/wiki/What+is+a+number is still messy not just for the simple text, but also I'm still trying to get a proper handle on the modern themeing libraries. The intention here is to provide a tutorial on how things are done in PHP from a user view and which can be a base for discussion on how things can be simplified moving forward. The text is rambling a bit, but hopefully provides a few alternate observations on where things can be tidied up. I make no apology for the 'Firebird' bias, but it does show where the underlying infrastructure can be at odds with the choices made in PHP. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk