On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 00:43:41 -0400 (EDT), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, I had written regarding
http://www.newfunpages.com/binch.php3
The Binch

>> Questions:  Why does this page have a "PHP3" extension?
>> Is there anything special or different about PHP3 web pages?

> php is a programming language.  The php code is embedded
> in web pages, but when served, the code is interpreted, so
> the page that gets sent out is the result of the php code
> rather than the code itself.

> The php3 extension simply tells the server to execute
> the embedded php3 code as it serves the page.  An identical
> page with an html extension would show the code rather than
> execute it.

Thanks, Steve.  I have often wondered about this PHP3 stuff.  I
have accessed various web sites of this type several times before.

Regards,

Sam Heywood
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