> I'm currently trying to learn Ruby without even trying to look at RoR > just yet thinking that I should first have a solid fundamentals on Ruby > I hope on the right path,
This sounds like a good idea to me. Rails will make a lot more sense if you have some Ruby under your belt. > the thing is that I was also learning PHP and > MySQL and I was wondering that if I learn RoR after learning Ruby I > might not need PHP since according to what I have heard with RoR I could > do anything PHP is capable of, correct. You might not need PHP... I haven't used it in several years. Unless you have a project that requires it for some other reason such as IT mandate.... > If I learn RoR is there a reason why I would need PHP? If there isn't I > want to concentrate in learning RoR and not PHP. if you are just starting out... Learn ruby then rails then PHP if you want to... > Is RoR a lot harder than PHP? I don't think so. But remember that rails is an entire framework. PHP isn't... So really the question is.... Is ruby harder than PHP. IMHO ruby is a lot easier. It's a very nice language. > Can RoR do everything PHP can do? No, but Ruby can. I'm sure someone could find some case where that isn't true, but it's probably not critical. Ah.. Here's one.... I don't think you can run ruby/rails on Microsofts IIS web server and you can with PHP... But.. I wouldn't do that with PHP even though I can! > Is RoR 100% compatible with MySQL? In other words can RoR interact with > MySQL like in PHP? Sure. That's not quite a valid question and neither is my answer, but it's correct enough. Ruby has libraries for interacting with mysql that work fine. Rails, through active record, works with mysql just fine too. > Thanks a lot! No problem. Welcome aboard! - Philip -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
