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Sep 9, 2005View in Crawl 4
>>>> You are kidding right? PHP is a very easy language to learn. Plus, once you learn PHP, you'll be primed for other technologies like java...Again, you'd be better off learning Ruby. Its more similar to Java than PHP, and object-oriented programming is at the very base of it.
>Its also worth noting that if you are wanting to include >AJAX functionality, cacheing, pagination, anything like >that...all of it is built into Rails. With PHP you have to >depend on 3rd party libraries for that, and all of them are >different.You can do all of these things with php without libraries if you're good at it.
kash - the frontpage of basecamp is PHP, because even the RoR guys agree that PHP is a great language to use for basic scripting. So its easy for them to get something basic on the frontpage using PHP.Positron - no one is paying me anything. I can't help it if I've been immediately impressed by Rails. Again, don't knock it unless you've tried it.
Why argue between the two? Each has its use on the Internet and can even coexist on the same website (as shown by Basecamp). Why not take the obvious route, therefore, and LEARN BOTH? ;D
This online book has four distinct advantages over a hardcopy retail book: 1) It's free; 2) The author uses easy to understand metaphors which helps one to grasp advanced concepts; 3) You can copy and paste code from the book to try it out; 4) The reader's comments on the bootom of each page are a real lifesaver in the case of typos.
jesusphreakSep 9, 2005
>>>> You are kidding right? PHP is a very easy language to learn. Plus, once you learn PHP, you'll be primed for other technologies like java...Again, you'd be better off learning Ruby. Its more similar to Java than PHP, and object-oriented programming is at the very base of it.
yaphiSep 9, 2005
>Its also worth noting that if you are wanting to include >AJAX functionality, cacheing, pagination, anything like >that...all of it is built into Rails. With PHP you have to >depend on 3rd party libraries for that, and all of them are >different.You can do all of these things with php without libraries if you're good at it.
jesusphreakSep 9, 2005
kash - the frontpage of basecamp is PHP, because even the RoR guys agree that PHP is a great language to use for basic scripting. So its easy for them to get something basic on the frontpage using PHP.Positron - no one is paying me anything. I can't help it if I've been immediately impressed by Rails. Again, don't knock it unless you've tried it.
kashifkhanSep 9, 2005
aaah I was confused by that since every link i was hovering over had a php extension
mojoSep 10, 2005
Wow, this book is great!
Closed AccountSep 10, 2005
Why argue between the two? Each has its use on the Internet and can even coexist on the same website (as shown by Basecamp). Why not take the obvious route, therefore, and LEARN BOTH? ;D
kewlceoSep 15, 2005
This online book has four distinct advantages over a hardcopy retail book: 1) It's free; 2) The author uses easy to understand metaphors which helps one to grasp advanced concepts; 3) You can copy and paste code from the book to try it out; 4) The reader's comments on the bootom of each page are a real lifesaver in the case of typos.
Closed AccountSep 16, 2005Submitter
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kanenas_netOct 18, 2005
How about...www.php.netmanual ??? Looks good to me !!!
jonabarnDec 23, 2005
I keep hearing about Cake but personally, I think there's too much of a learning curve for it: Check Php Object Generator instead:<a class="user" href="http://www.phpobjectgenerator.com">http://www.phpobjectgenerator.com</a>