Stands for:
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
([DKF]: but originally allegedly stood for Personal Home Page.)
PHP is a [scripting] language mainly designed for [web] development,
where it is quite popular--arguably
the single most widely-used server-side language.
(perhaps freely distributable language. ColdFusion and JSP are pretty popular, as well.)
This [http://www.php.net] is PHP's home page.
For [Tcl]'s answer to PHP, see [Rivet].
Or try [THP] for a webserver neutral way to embed Tcl code. --CAU
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In the last few years,
"PHP [[has become]] Handy off the Web, Too",
although this article
[http://click.unixreview.email-publisher.com/maaapDjaaSx7xa2scaRb/]
doesn't recommend it for those who already know Tcl and similar languages.
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In a remarkable newsgroup posting
[http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=vvujr6r1av3hc5%40corp.supernews.com],
[Derk Gwen] provides a recipe for the [C] implementation required
to link in a Tcl library so PHP source can also interpret Tcl.
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See a Tk binding for PHP at [http://php-tk.sourceforge.net/]
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Incidentally, our own [SS] maintains an attractive
"web-based interactive shell for PHP"
he and his collaborator call "PHP Interactive"
[http://www.hping.org/phpinteractive/].
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[Sarnold] 2006/01/08 --
This article [http://public.yahoo.com/~radwin/talks/yahoo-phpcon2002.htm]
about PHP's use in Yahoo! shows [Ousterhout's Dichotomy] in application.
I remember an interview of a member of Yahoo!'s team advocating
strongly in favor of this way to conceive Web programming,
notably using some Template Engines written in pure PHP.
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See also:
* [Comparing Tcl with PHP]
* [PHP under Tclhttpd]
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The following might be an example of PHP in HTML, which
someone on 20 June 2005 posted over the previous contents of this page.
Counting from x to y
$stop) {
return(FALSE);
}
elseif ($increment <= 0) {
return(FALSE);
}
else {
for ($i = $start; $i < $stop; $i = $i + $increment) {
print "$i ";
}
}
return(TRUE);
}
?>
Counting from x to y
Counting from 1 to 10 by 1:
Counting from 2 to 20 by 2:
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'''Costs of Deploying PHP'''
''(from the chat)''
[dkf] If they do manage to force you on the PHP issue, insist on more money for supporting it
[dkf] Ideally, you need an extra body to work full-time on tracking down rogue versions of PHP apps and getting them to upgrade
''...''
[dkf] As I said, assess the cost to be at least one extra admin's worth of effort
[dkf] i.e. if there's only one of you, adding PHP will double admin costs
[dkf] other data points: the admin will have to be competent; keeping on top of the PHP mess is not an entry-level task
[dkf] and it's a very bad idea to deploy PHP in a visible position (outside the firewall) before you have that admin in place
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Balinares speaks for most Tclers (although I think he's not one himself)
in this explanation
[http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=204433&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=16701433]
of the cultural and technical liabilities of PHP.
Also, see "Problems of PHP"
[http://toykeeper.net/soapbox/php_problems/].
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See also [PHP Wiki]
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