Whats The Beg Thing About Php?

nickmealey

Mar 15 2005, 05:43 AM

um, I'm just now begining PHP and my SQL and I've read a book about them. But I was wondering, I hear JSP is even better, harder, but better. If you have some good reasons about why this language is so good, do tell. Thanx.

no9t9

Mar 15 2005, 06:10 AM

the problem with JSP is that it isn't offered by as many webhosts compared to PHP. Because PHP is free, virtually ALL webhosts will support it. I admit that I am more familiar with PHP but, I'm sure that whatever JSP can do, PHP can probably do it as well.

There are so many server side languages for creating dynamic pages, you really gotta learn the one you think will benefit you the most. I chose to learn PHP because of the availability.

I also know CGI and PERL but those are getting a bit old now and (I think) will be replaced by PHP.

mobious

Mar 15 2005, 03:50 PM

QUOTE(nickmealey @ Mar 15 2005, 01:43 PM)

every language has it's pros and cons. as JSP is favored because of it's OOP style. PHP as well is liked because of it's C style. JSP is not that support by hosts because of it's low demand unlike PHP which has a very high demand. JSP maybe better than PHP or vice versa. I think that it just depends on how a developer uses the language to create great apps. PHP is really good because of it's system and great support communities everywhere and of course very easy to learn.

Neutrality

Mar 15 2005, 04:33 PM

I don't really know about this JSP, but let me say this. PHP, as far as I can tell, is
probably the most used scripting language on the web. It's what the majority of website developers use. PHP is good because it handles databases very well, it's not hard to learn, and it's free. In my opinion, PHP is probably better than JSP, but
then again, I'm assuming that it is, which is kind of ignorant on my part.

But whatever suits you best is all I can say. To each their own.

bjrn

Mar 15 2005, 05:47 PM

If you are just learning server-side scripting and such things, just stick to PHP. if you get the opportunity and feel like learning JSP and Servlets, go for it, but to get the full potential out of JSP and servlets you really should learn Java (Java is not JavaScript).

Like has been pointed out, they both have their strengths and weaknesses.

About OO: PHP 5 has incresed OO capabilities.

beeseven

Mar 16 2005, 10:49 PM

PHP has a really simple syntax and it's a lot like C. It also interacts with databases really well, and it can manipulate images.

It's also got commands for pretty much everything.

Ao)K-General

Mar 16 2005, 11:02 PM

Ya. PHP is the most common language used. I would still like to learn HTML but I also wanna really learn about PHP so I can modify my website. lol

beeseven

Mar 16 2005, 11:06 PM

I see a lot of people talking like HTML and PHP are exclusive. PHP does not modify what your site looks like. It only changes the content, and you still have to use HTML to tell it what the new content should look like. PHP goes on top of HTML, it doesn't replace it.

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Whats The Beg Thing About Php? - help

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