Paul J Stevens wrote: > tom wrote: > >> OK, I'll ask a dumb question. >> I thought PHP was for web pages and not for administrative back-office >> applications. >> >> But it's been a while since I used PHP... >> > > Well, I hear you. I started using php when it was still php/fi > (pre-2.0), but admittedly it has come a very long way since then. I > don't use it myself anymore either, but people are using php for system > scripting and cli-applications, and then there's php-gtk for building > GUI stuff. Go figure. > > > I think it came about because people like me learnt it for web page development, then wanted to do linuxy programming stuff. The only "Linux" language i know is php, thus the advent of php-cli means i can script stuff in linux without having to learn more crud, sweet ;->
Though I am learning python now and i expect to start using mod_python for apache rather than mod_php once i'm happy with it. _______________________________________________ DBmail mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail
