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what is php

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skottieb

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Jun 26, 2002
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Hello all,
I am a beginer programer, Can someone tell me what php is in comparasin to perl which i am already learning. and what does php stand for?? skottieb:)
 
Programmable Hypertext Pre-processor, its kind of like a mix of perl and C. Server side page generation of dynamic content .. blah blah ....

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for most people PHP is much easier than perl to start with. Also there are more people on, for instance, tek-tips who can help you with php than with perl.
If you are starting with programming, i suggest you take on php.
And look at the links posted by Karver mcvdmvs
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