at 1st i was using all html but then i started studying xhtml, php, and javascript

im very good at html and php

lately ive been using xhtml

Html is much easier for website
i use html for my web template and its too easy i can say it and i'm using dreamweaver so that much easier because they have auto html its just like if you put anything img or you click something then tata there's the code for the templates

I know a bit of html and a tad of php (Syntax, Variables, Echo, Strings and Operators) but when I do learn both quiet well, I will probably use php as most good looking websites I have seen use Php (and also html too i guess). So I'd probably use both actually.

This is very strange comparisson and I would say that you cannot compare it in such a way because PHP is scripting language and HTML is markup language (HTML is abbreviation for the hyper text markup language).

So this is really strange comparisson. You should first consider in which situation you would like to use each and just to add if you use HTML you can create web site but you cannot create web site without HTML that is you can but it would be really ugly and it would be able to present just some simple outputs. Though there are many other things that you cannot do with HTML that is why you use PHP.

Also I would like to add that PHP is language that is being executed on the server that is on the server side, while HTML is client sided that is HTML is processed and executed on the client side that is Browser is defining and executed commands from HTML file.

And someone said here that he has problems that his or hers pages aren't cashed in google cash this is not problem with HTML and PHP and certainly not with google problem lyies in simple thing that pages that use also PHP are not static and that is why google doesn't remembers them.

I do a mixture of both really. Html to set out the site and just php scripts for stuff which requires me to connect to my sql database and display information.

For the html I do mostly <div> with the class from my css stylesheet. For the php scritping, mostly connecting to mysql and displaying data. I really ought to learn more php.

I personally vote for Php scritping though, alot more advanced and gives a better feel to the site. Which always changes depending on whats happening to the site.

Php or HTML? It's not like you have a choice without HTML. What are you going to use on the web if you're not using HTML?
Php with HTML, yes, that's a great combination. I generally make snippets of code in HTML and unite them using PHP includes/requires. Thats' a great way to develop websites. You can use and reuse your code a lot of times using Php includes and require commands.
If you want to find out how they work, well you can go to http://www.w3schools.com/php and read about them. It's really very simple as far as includes and requires are concerned.

In the case of PHP, you cant use one without the other, the PHP has to output HTML.
I always make my sites in PHP, even static ones. i leave some spare variables for headers ect, i can pass data to it if I need to, that way, i can refer people to my site, with a cookie, or information stored in the URL, to do things like, display a link back the referrer site etc.
Also, tat way, if I decide I want to add interactivity to it, I can, without having to re-design the site.

This post has been edited by minimcmonkey: Nov 4 2008, 04:15 PM

Not quite... You could also output an image with the appropriate headers

I think a good combination of the two would be a good idea, depends what you're doing.

HTML for starters, if you're good at scripting then use PHP. Im new at PHP, so it looks confusing to me. People that know how to use PHP say that it is only a little bit confusing.

For now, i'll stick to HTML, and then I'll probably steal a couple of scripts