FANTASTIC!!!!!! I feel much more educated with this one post. I have the whole history of the PHP posts as they were interesting, now I have to go back and figure out what they said :)
Thanks a bunch. Jale At 11:29 AM 3/17/2002 -0500, you wrote: >PHP is a great technology that is very similar to Active Server Pages. It >is better because it is free (as in, not needing to buy anything to use it, >unlike ASP which requires IIS). It is also better because it's Open Source. > >Additionally, it comes with a lot more modules than ASP. For example, if >you want to handle file-uploads, ASP requires a lot of tricky coding, or you >have to pay for a component. PHP has it included. If you want to create >dynamic images, PHP can do this for free, ASP you have to use COM and >commercial components. > >As far as simplicity, if you find a PKG file, you'll find it very easy to >use. I think several people on this list provided links to PHP for Raq 3i >servers in the last two weeks. If not, it's basic install (without all the >bells and whistles) is very easy. > >Additionally, for even greater simplicity, you can create what's called a >CGI version, which causes your PHP pages to work almost exactly like Perl >CGI scripts. You just add a #!/usr/bin/php to the first line of a script >and make it executable. However on the Raq line of servers, installing the >Apache module is just as easy as the CGI module, and the apache module is >more robust in many ways. > >As you can guess, I am a big PHP advocate. I teach classes on the language >(don't make money doing that yet, however) and try to encourage people >whenever I can. If you like Perl, you could migrate very easily to PHP and >benefit from a language that specializes serving dynamic web content. > >Hope this helps, >Matt >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 8:10 AM >Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] message board is ready > > > > > > >Because it's PHP based, you will need PHP on your server. It will >install > > >on a Raq3 or Raq4, but I've only tested it on a Raq4. You should not >need > > > > I am one of those people with a very vanilla RAQ3i. I only keep up on >stuff > > for it when I have a need, so let me ask my dumb Sunday morning questions: > > > > 1) what is PHP > > 2) is there cost to it (if not, where do I get it). > > > > From all the other discussions recently about it, I only want to >implement > > it if it will keep my simple/stupid. My RAQ3i is used for some very > > specific purposes as part of a larger food chain that I don't want to > > disrupt, but a message board would be a nice addition. > > > > Thank, > > Danny > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cobalt-developers mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers > > > >_______________________________________________ >cobalt-developers mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
