Re: [PHP4BETA] XSL module in PHP4

Not meant to perpetuate it either but...what makes PHP any different than a shell or Perl or Python as far as funtionality/interpretation are involved? Why couldn't my script that initially validates my documents be a PHP command line script? Sean On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Anh (Ly) Vuong wrote: > > Not meant to create any religious war here, but ... Joey, do you use > the screwdriver to hammer in nails? %^) > > Cheers, > Ly Vuong > --- > Joey wrote: > > ... > > > Morever, PHP is a server-side scripting language, and its forte is in > > > the area of dynamically generating pages quickly; thus validating XML > > > documents can be done offline or much less frequent than cranking out > > > the response pages (either HTML or XML). I don't think the main purpose > > > of PHP is to become a general programing language, to write software > > > tools or utilities. > > > > > > > PHP is /much/ more than just a server side scripting language, > > whether it means to be or not. I use it to do a lot of my sysadmin jobs. > > ... > > -- > PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net >