RE: [PHP] The BIG Question

2001-07-25 Thread Matthew Loff
That's like saying "What's C++ good for?" Well, not quite... Ha ha... I get a bit carried away... But it's close enough. PHP does what you want it to do... Database-driven sites are covered frequently on this list because PHP's database support is extensive and very easy to use. You should

Re: [PHP] The BIG Question

2001-07-25 Thread Owen Rudge
> What else? Do you have a particular application that you think might be > able to use php for? I used PHP to create a web-based interface to a list of Transport Tycoon saved games, etc, that previously was only available as part of one of my apps. (I've now created a new PHP and MySQL-driven

Re: [PHP] The BIG Question

2001-07-25 Thread Ben Bleything
It can be used for (nearly) anything, it seems. Sure, making dynamic web sites is cool... not necessarily database driven, but perhaps driven by user input. I'm currently using PHP as my primary shell scripting language... I have a collection of scripts that manipulate directories full of digita