ok, umm... you got that in pence cause im english.... just kiddin.... so
what resources did you use to learn php?
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> Hokay, my 2p...
>
> I'm a (former) ASP programmer who just made the leap from ASP to PHP about
2
> weeks ago. A week ago I got my entire web-portal recoded to use PHP, a
move
> that experience tells me can't be done as quickly and easily with ASP.
All
> religious arguments aside, one must admit that (1) PHP is well documented
> and VBScript isn't (period); (2) PHP has many more USEFUL functions
built-in
> that are already debugged and working; (3) the examples one finds on
> php.net, phpbuilder.net, or any other knowledge base actually WORK and are
> usually pretty clear; (4) there is absolutely no question that PHP's
notion
> of security is truly secure, 100% in diametric opposition to IIS/ASP.
I've
> tested that to destruction and am confident enough in it to release PHP as
> an alternative language for my web-hosting customers.
>
> I cannot repose the same confidence in ASP--even less confidence when
Front
> Page extensions are wrapped around it. Note that I have never released
ASP
> as an alternative language for my customers and given its documentation
and
> security shortcomings, it's not likely to happen.
>
> Mind, I've used ASP for several years and am (unfortunately) intimately
> familiar with its shortcomings. Many of the string-manipulation functions
> inherent in PHP must be provided by third parties (like Vantage Point
> PowerStrings http://www.vpsoft.com) in order to do some tricky URL or
> input-cleaning routines. I challenge anyone to use M$'s mail objects with
> the same degree of security and reliability. Try and find real docs on
> VBScript -- there aren't any with any substance. M$'s site is useless as
> are the examples they give (which, by the way, NEVER work as
demonstrated).
> M$ should be taking notes from php.net on how to present and maintain
> documentation.
>
> Now, if a paying customer insists that I do work for them using ASP, of
> course that's what I'll use. But I strongly advise against it now, given
> the points above. With only a couple of weeks of PHP under my belt, I'm
> still confident enough in the language itself and the documentation around
> it that I will be able to do any web job that comes along. I might have
to
> have the manual at my side a bit longer, but as time goes on I find I
refer
> to it less and less. All in all, a very natural succession of events.
>
> Guess that was more than two cents...keep the change :-)
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Loff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 4:00 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Spot the difference?
>
>
>
>
> I much prefer PHP, obviously... But posting to a PHP list isn't going to
> get you a very objective answer. I find PHP more versatile and easy to
> use, but an ASP programmer may tell you the same thing about ASP.
>
> Also-- try looking stuff up for yourself sometimes... I realize you're
> new to PHP, but at last count, you've sent 46 e-mails to this list in
> the past 10 days... 99% of your questions could be answered by going to
> the PHP manual, www.phpbuilder.net, or any of the FAQs that have been
> posted to this list in the past few days.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kyle Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 8:42 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Spot the difference?
>
>
> Well which is easier to program?
>
>
> -lk6-
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "scott [gts]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "php" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 8:45 AM
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Spot the difference?
>
>
> > ASP is basically like PHP, only it uses a VB-based
> > language instead of perl/c-based one.
> >
> > which means it sucks - vb is evil.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jon Yaggie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Spot the difference?
> > >
> > > isnt this fact a good enough reason to believe it worthless???
> > >
> >
> >
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