RE: [PHP3] Help craft PHP description

Let's not argue. It's just my idea of an effective description that does justice to the functionality of PHP: ---------------------------- PHP is an HTML-embedded, open-source scripting language that was created for the purpose of Web development. More than just a scripting language, PHP is the leading cross-platform application server for delivering dynamic and scalable web-based solutions. It has a flexible programming syntax that draws elements from C, Java, and Perl. PHP runs on many different platforms, and can be used as a standalone executable or as a module under many web servers. It has excellent support for databases, various Internet protocols, and complex data manipulation. PHP can be extended through its powerful API to develop additional functionality. ----------------------------- Hope it helps. BTW, that definition of an app server was from a database reference and from David Medinets book. Why, you didn't think I was making it up without any reliable sources, did you? Anyways, I just trying to contribute Andrei. -Zack Beatty :^) -----Original Message----- From: Andrei Zmievski [mailto:andrei@ispi.net] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 3:03 PM To: Zack Beatty Cc: PHP 4 Beta; PHP Users Subject: Re: [PHP3] Help craft PHP description On Fri, 12 May 2000, Zack Beatty wrote: > By definition, an application server is: > "a program that combines several technologies into one package, including: > 1) A robust programming language > 2) Access to databases for permanent storage of data > 2) Support of Internet protocols, such as email and HTTP" > > PHP clearly fits the bill of an application server (like Cold Fusion), even > though we often don't think of it in this way. Hmm, where did you find this definition? I'm just curious. -Andrei * What were the first 15 billion years of the universe like for you? *