{"id":37,"date":"2008-09-02T20:01:34","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/?p=37"},"modified":"2008-09-02T20:01:34","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T00:01:34","slug":"12-things-you-need-to-know-about-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2008\/09\/02\/12-things-you-need-to-know-about-php\/","title":{"rendered":"12 things you need to know about PHP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you still thinking that PHP<\/a> is an web-only language or is “not a real language”? Well, that used to be true with PHP 2.0<\/a>, but with PHP5, it’s not so true anymore. Here are 12 things you need to know about PHP:<\/p>\n

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  1. PHP is not only for the web.<\/strong> PHP used to be only a web module or a CGI script, but that has since changed, since with the PHP CLI<\/a> and the PHP-GTK2 binding<\/a>. See #3 and #4.<\/li>\n
  2. PHP is a real language.<\/strong> Despite the myths, PHP is an actual programming language. This is a very bad myth, since when someone asks for help on PHP in a forum or a mailing list, they will get a reply like “get a real language like C”. PHP is just as real as any other programming language.<\/li>\n
  3. PHP can be used to write command line (DOS\/Bash) scripts.<\/strong> Using the PHP CLI<\/a>, one can write command line PHP scripts just like C or Java.<\/li>\n
  4. PHP can be used to write graphical applications.<\/strong> Using the PHP-GTK2 binding<\/a>, one can write graphical PHP applications.<\/li>\n
  5. PHP can be used to write OpenGL applications.<\/strong> Although this appears to be experimental, one can actually write applications that use OpenGL using php-opengl<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  6. PHP is not a language with security holes.<\/strong> Most cases of PHP and bad security are because of poorly written scripts that rely on insecure programming practices (such as register_globals).<\/li>\n
  7. PHP is not a languang without OOP (object oriented programming).<\/strong> Read PHP’s page on PHP5 object oriented programming<\/a> – you will see that it is like most other OOP implementations.<\/li>\n
  8. PHP is not a typeless language.<\/strong> Despite rumors, PHP is a typed language (even though it is not strongly typed). See PHP’s types page<\/a> for more info.<\/li>\n
  9. PHP is a free and open source language.<\/strong> The PHP interpreter is released under the free PHP License<\/a>. If you don’t like the PHP License version, then use the LGPL’d version by Roadsend PHP<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  10. PHP can be used to write web robots (bots).<\/strong> Using cURL<\/a>, PHP’s built-in www functions or the http class<\/a>, one can write web robots with PHP too.<\/li>\n
  11. PHP is not an ancient language.<\/strong> It is fairly modern, and is 4th generation too.<\/li>\n
  12. PHP is not useless.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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