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Sometime back, I posted about my first experience with CakePHP. I installed the framework and went through the tutorial on building a simple blog application, and said “I was quite impressed”.
Now, after 3+ development weeks trying to build a real-world application, I think, maybe I was too hasty to draw that conclusion.
We’ve all encountered it before, and we’ve all asked this question in one way or another. I see it appearing in Yahoo Answers every now and then, and I see similar platform comparison in blogs I read. Its clear this issue is still quite relevant today and will continue to be tomorrow.
So which is better? PHP or .NET?
Finally, I found some time to take CakePHP for a spin. I’ve heard some really good things about it, and I’ve been trying to get some time to try it out. I installed the framework and went through the tutorial on building a simple blog application. I have to say I’m quite impressed.
Now that you know how to use XAMPP Lite, it’s time to write your first PHP script.
This tutorial will guide you on writing your first PHP script, show you how the PHP syntax is used, and where to put and run your PHP pages in XAMPP.
Note: this tutorial assumes you are using XAMPP Lite environment for your PHP scripts. If you want to setup your own XAMPP Lite environment, follow this tutorial about installing XAMPP Lite on a portable device.
Now that you know how to setup your XAMPP Lite, it’s time to find your way around XAMPP Lite, and get ready for your first PHP script.
This post will highlight some of the features available in XAMPP, and what you do with them. It’s just a simple overview, so don’t expect anything in detail. Those will follow in later posts.
One of the fastest and best way to get a PHP server environment up and going is to use XAMPP. What is XAMPP you say?
Put together by the folks at Apache Friends, XAMPP is an installer package containing the Apache Web Server, MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP takes away the hassle and headache of installing and configuring each of the parts individually. But best of all – It FREE!
So, you’ve decided to try using PHP, but you don’t know where to start?
Here’s a list of things you’ll need before you even get cracking on writing your first PHP program.
This is one of those questions which is inherently hard to answer - simply because the answers are all very subjective. It all depends on what you want to do and how you want to do it. It’s like asking why you should (or should not) drive to work? If you ask 100 people, they’ll all give you their own reasoning as to why you should drive to work. Moreover, this kind of question can only be put in perspective when you compare it to something else - PHP vs Javascript, PHP vs ASP.NET, PHP vs J2EE - the list (and arguments) goes on.
So why use PHP?
Personally, after 8 years in this industry I’m still using PHP, and these are my top 5 reasons why I am:
This is probably one of the most commonly asked question about PHP. Netizens have often visited websites which have URLs showing ‘.php’ files, but seldom do they know what it is or what it means.
Well, PHP is just another scripting (or computer programming) language - one of many in the IT industry. But it is one of the most popular for writing website-based computer programs/applications.