Hello Shari, > Using .php to "mail" something is another > option. Though I'm not sure how that would > differ from cgi.
They accomplish the same goal, e.g. web pages generated and customized ondemand, but there are major differences some of which I enumerate here : * PHP is widely-used and popular ; * PHP deals with many of the intricit details ; * PHP is safer than CGI unless you add a lot to CGI ; * PHP is supported by most service providers/hosts ; * PHP is part of the very dominant dev platform: LAMP ; ( Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python ) ; * PHP is specialized in database access, many DB types. PHP is basically an "easier" way to generate web pages on the server-side. But easier is a relative term, for us, because we are used to the simplicity of creating CGI programs with an xCard. But for most folks, notably those without xCard knowledge, creating a CGI program to do something as simple as receiving data from a web-form and storing it to disk is a daunting task for these poor lost souls. So there you have it! Alain __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard