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Posted by
Jeremy, 17:23, 13th March 2001:
Is it possible to learn PHP and MySQL locally?By this I mean, is it possible to practice on your own computer, or will you need a server?I'd like to learn them both, but before I undertake the task, I was gonna' ask you first.Take it easy.
Posted by
Jeremy, 17:23, 13th March 2001:
CAL!PHP is great!It could quite possibly be the answer to all my troubles!It's so good, with time, it'll be able to cure AIDS! And do backflips! And travel at neural-quantum speeds!Do you have all your .html scanned by PHP?echo "testing">
Posted by
cal, 18:06, 13th March 2001:
You can run both on your own machine, though you'll need to set up a web server first. If you're using consumer windows (95/98/nt4 ws/2k pro/ME) you can either install MS PWS (personal web server) or apache (i recommend apache). if you're running windows server (nt4 server/2k server) then you can use IIS (internet information server) which is my favorite. If you're not using windows, then that's a different matter.After setting up the web server software, install mysql and php using the instructions (you can download binaries for windows - no need to compile!). If you need any specific help, email or icq me.Who are you, by the way?
Posted by
Jeremy, 18:26, 13th March 2001:
Well, besides being the american you flamed(hehehe)...I'm just a blogger fan. I consider you, rathergood, digital trickery, trashed.org (not anymore though, no updates), and harrumph some of the webs best designers. Assembler is pretty cool too.I'm working on my own - it looks great, tons of material, but it's too bulkey. I think that people fail to appreciate simplicity like they should. I don't guess they realize that pages like this (dynamically generated, tastefull, no graphics) are just as good or better than pages that are basically photoshop/gimp images cut up with some text here and there (see k10k's rant on "content"), or Flash. I'm so sick of Flash. Maybe it's just bad flash. But whatever...Take care.
Posted by
cal, 18:58, 13th March 2001:
: Well, besides being the american you flamed(hehehe)...opps! when was that?: rathergoodi've not read that one. url?: digital trickeryi work with him ya know? (not for much longer): trashed.org (not anymore though, no updates)i've not read that one either: harrumphi heart heather champ :): Assembler is pretty cool too.Brent rocks my world. Assembler inspired pixelflo.: I'm working on my own - it looks great, tons of material, but it's too bulkey. excellent. drop me a link when it's ready: I think that people fail to appreciate simplicity like they should. I don't guess they realize that pages like this (dynamically generated, tastefull, no graphics) are just as good or better than pages that are basically photoshop/gimp images cut up with some text here and there (see k10k's rant on "content"), or Flash. :: I'm so sick of Flash. Maybe it's just bad flash. But whatever...*in total agreement*
Posted by
JohnM, 04:43, 21st March 2001:
Perl is good too. More powerful than PHP, though it is more complicated...
Posted by
cal, 08:34, 21st March 2001:
The whole of iamcal (barring some badass backend perl and some javascript) is php/mysql. The forum won't parse php since the forum posts are taken straight out the database and outputted (after going through nl2br).
Posted by
Jeremy, 15:40, 21st March 2001:
Perl? BAH!Use
this instead.Guido rox! Larry Wall sux.xoxoxoxoxo
Posted by
cal, 16:58, 21st March 2001:
Python is nothing against perl.
Posted by
Jeremy, 23:05, 21st March 2001:
EXTERIOR: DAGOBAH -- DAYWith Yoda strapped to his back, Luke climbs up one of the many thick vines that grow in the swamp until he reaches the Dagobah statistics lab. Panting heavily, he continues hisexercises -- grepping, installing new packages, logging in as root, and writing replacements for two-year-old shell scripts in Python.YODA: Code! Yes. A programmer's strength flows from code maintainability. But beware of Perl. Terse syntax... more than one way to do it...default variables. The dark side of code maintainability are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you when code you write. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.LUKE: Is Perl better than Python?YODA: No... no... no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.LUKE: But how will I know why Python is better than Perl?YODA: You will know. When your code you try to read six months from now.
Posted by
cal, 08:33, 22nd March 2001:
commented == maintainablepython ca be just as bad