PHP 4 Reviews
Newest Review: ... you want to create a community based site), and MySQL and Access databases are both compatible and easy to use with PHP. PHP ... more
... 4 is what I'm writing about, so it's would be a good idea for me to outline the basic differences between versions 3 and 4 (version 2 is now no longer used). PHP 4 has basically been written from the ground up, while based on PHP 3, to be faster and more efficient. PHP 3 tended to run very slowly with high-traffic sites, and PHP 4 has been written with high volume traffic in mind. There are also a large volume of new functions available with PHP 4. For example, PHP 4 supports FTP downloads and now recogni...morePrice Comparison for PHP 4
Customer PHP 4 Reviews (2)
by - written on 23/10/01, updated on 23/10/01 (Very useful, 113 readings)
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---> INTRODUCTION: I have decide to put together an opinion on one of the web's newest additions - an excellent tool for web programmers and designers called PHP. I've decided to split it into two sections - the first is an introduction which I'm keeping simple and non-techy ... and the second part is going to be full of stuff that makes no sense to people who get to go outside. ---> BACKGROUND: PHP, now in it's fourth version, is a scripting language used to create interactive websites. It is a very simple, very new, and very easy-to-use programming language that combines elements of tonnes of programming languages already used ... Read the complete review
by - written on 14/09/01, updated on 14/09/01 (Very useful, 40 readings)
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In 2000, I started getting to grips with dynamic webscripting using Microsoft technology - VBscript in .asp pages. Having reached a good level of profiency with that, in 2001 I have been branching out and getting to grips with PHP4. Why learn a second approach? PHP is Open Source software, free to download and use. I prefer this from a philosophical standpoint and this instance the software built for love and liberty seems more powerful and flexible than the software built for profit; this is not least because I can run PHP on my Windows machine, but can't put .asp on my Linux box (not without paying a lot of money for the one program that might be able to do the ... Read the complete review
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