Updated: PHP version of the CP forums
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I prefer PHP because of its C-like syntax. PHP seems to be a tad more accessible than ASP, too. OTOH, ASP appears to be a more professional technology because it is produced by one company, not hundreds of independent developers. Example: in PHP, naming conventions are not strictly enforced. There is a function named stripslashes() to remove backslashes from a string. There is also a function named strip_tags() to remove HTML/script tags from a string. Kinda shoddy if you ask me, but everything seems to work just fine. However, I haven't done enough ASP programming to be able to make an in-depth comparison of the two. As far as I can tell, they are pretty much the same, though I don't know how PHP matches ActiveX controls. I think you'd have to write a custom extension for PHP and then recompile the binaries in order to get the same functionality you would normally get out of an ActiveX control. Sorry I don't have a better answer than that. Maybe tomorrow. It's bed time now. ;P Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
Jon Sagara wrote: Sorry I don't have a better answer than that No, your answer was great, thanks :) I just wanted a general feeling really.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Hello again everyone! I have updated the forum scripts to include Dynamic mode for Internet Explorer. I have only tested with IE6 sp1, but the scripts should work for at least IE 5. Please bang away and notify me of any bugs. Thanks! http://www.sagara.org/cpforums[^] Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
Cool! :cool: Now we all have somewhere to go if Chris should happen to nod off once every 100 days and the servers misbehave - a lifesaver :)
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
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Hello again everyone! I have updated the forum scripts to include Dynamic mode for Internet Explorer. I have only tested with IE6 sp1, but the scripts should work for at least IE 5. Please bang away and notify me of any bugs. Thanks! http://www.sagara.org/cpforums[^] Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
The scripts now support Dynamic mode for Netscape 6+, though they have only been tested with NS7. Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
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Hello again everyone! I have updated the forum scripts to include Dynamic mode for Internet Explorer. I have only tested with IE6 sp1, but the scripts should work for at least IE 5. Please bang away and notify me of any bugs. Thanks! http://www.sagara.org/cpforums[^] Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
I tried to break them but failed. :(( :-D
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
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I tried to break them but failed. :(( :-D
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
Actually, your little clicky link thing did break them. :) Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
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Actually, your little clicky link thing did break them. :) Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
Did it work for you then? I tried them but both of them merely replace the entire window's content rather than perform the actions there were supposed to.
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
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Did it work for you then? I tried them but both of them merely replace the entire window's content rather than perform the actions there were supposed to.
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
That's what it did for me, too, but I want to eliminate that. Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
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Hello again everyone! I have updated the forum scripts to include Dynamic mode for Internet Explorer. I have only tested with IE6 sp1, but the scripts should work for at least IE 5. Please bang away and notify me of any bugs. Thanks! http://www.sagara.org/cpforums[^] Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
What is the aim of this development? For fun, open source, to be included in CodeProject? .. just out of interest! I noticed that even if the author unchecks the e-mail on replies checkbox, the e-mail is still mandatory. I guess if this option is disabled, then e-mail should be optional and in this case the [Email to Author] should not be available for this message. Also when composing the message, there is not URL and URL^. There is also something that is not feeling right about the images, it is either that the server is slow, or CP has a trick to make it load faster. You may want to consider pre-loading the pictures using JavaScript or providing the width / height if they are not there. Good work... phpWebNotes is a page annotation system modelled after php.net. http://webnotes.sourceforge.net/demo.php[^]
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I prefer PHP because of its C-like syntax. PHP seems to be a tad more accessible than ASP, too. OTOH, ASP appears to be a more professional technology because it is produced by one company, not hundreds of independent developers. Example: in PHP, naming conventions are not strictly enforced. There is a function named stripslashes() to remove backslashes from a string. There is also a function named strip_tags() to remove HTML/script tags from a string. Kinda shoddy if you ask me, but everything seems to work just fine. However, I haven't done enough ASP programming to be able to make an in-depth comparison of the two. As far as I can tell, they are pretty much the same, though I don't know how PHP matches ActiveX controls. I think you'd have to write a custom extension for PHP and then recompile the binaries in order to get the same functionality you would normally get out of an ActiveX control. Sorry I don't have a better answer than that. Maybe tomorrow. It's bed time now. ;P Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
I didn't use ASP much, but I know why I love PHP: 1. Very easy to use if you are familiar with C/C++ syntax. 2. You can program at a very low level (sockets, ..etc) 3. Widely available in hosting companies for no extra fees. 4. Available on both Windows/Linux hosts. 5. Integrates very well with a variety of databases. 6. Can be extended by programming your own extensions. 7. More popular than ASP, see hotscripts poll with about 40,000 voters (http://www.hotscripts.com/polls/results.hsp[^]) 8. Open Source phpWebNotes is a page annotation system modelled after php.net. http://webnotes.sourceforge.net/demo.php[^]
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What is the aim of this development? For fun, open source, to be included in CodeProject? .. just out of interest! I noticed that even if the author unchecks the e-mail on replies checkbox, the e-mail is still mandatory. I guess if this option is disabled, then e-mail should be optional and in this case the [Email to Author] should not be available for this message. Also when composing the message, there is not URL and URL^. There is also something that is not feeling right about the images, it is either that the server is slow, or CP has a trick to make it load faster. You may want to consider pre-loading the pictures using JavaScript or providing the width / height if they are not there. Good work... phpWebNotes is a page annotation system modelled after php.net. http://webnotes.sourceforge.net/demo.php[^]
Victor Boctor wrote: I noticed that even if the author unchecks the e-mail on replies checkbox, the e-mail is still mandatory. I guess if this option is disabled, then e-mail should be optional and in this case the [Email to Author] should not be available for this message. I'm just doing a straight port for the time being. Maybe in a future version I will worry about this. Victor Boctor wrote: Also when composing the message, there is not URL and URL^. What browser are you using? Those currently only show up for IE4+. Victor Boctor wrote: There is also something that is not feeling right about the images, it is either that the server is slow, or CP has a trick to make it load faster. You may want to consider pre-loading the pictures using JavaScript or providing the width / height if they are not there. I checked, and the width/height were not specified for any of the smilies. Thanks for catching that. They load much faster now. Victor Boctor wrote: Good work... Thanks. :) Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
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Victor Boctor wrote: I noticed that even if the author unchecks the e-mail on replies checkbox, the e-mail is still mandatory. I guess if this option is disabled, then e-mail should be optional and in this case the [Email to Author] should not be available for this message. I'm just doing a straight port for the time being. Maybe in a future version I will worry about this. Victor Boctor wrote: Also when composing the message, there is not URL and URL^. What browser are you using? Those currently only show up for IE4+. Victor Boctor wrote: There is also something that is not feeling right about the images, it is either that the server is slow, or CP has a trick to make it load faster. You may want to consider pre-loading the pictures using JavaScript or providing the width / height if they are not there. I checked, and the width/height were not specified for any of the smilies. Thanks for catching that. They load much faster now. Victor Boctor wrote: Good work... Thanks. :) Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
Jon Sagara wrote: What browser are you using? Those currently only show up for IE4+. I was using Mozillia 1.2.1. You didn't answer my question about the reason for the development? phpWebNotes is a page annotation system modelled after php.net. http://webnotes.sourceforge.net/demo.php[^]
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Jon Sagara wrote: What browser are you using? Those currently only show up for IE4+. I was using Mozillia 1.2.1. You didn't answer my question about the reason for the development? phpWebNotes is a page annotation system modelled after php.net. http://webnotes.sourceforge.net/demo.php[^]
Victor Boctor wrote: You didn't answer my question about the reason for the development? No reason. ;P Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
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Victor Boctor wrote: You didn't answer my question about the reason for the development? No reason. ;P Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister
Jon Sagara wrote: No reason. So, are you planning to make the code available? GPL or whatever? phpWebNotes is a page annotation system modelled after php.net. http://webnotes.sourceforge.net/demo.php[^]
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Jon Sagara wrote: No reason. So, are you planning to make the code available? GPL or whatever? phpWebNotes is a page annotation system modelled after php.net. http://webnotes.sourceforge.net/demo.php[^]
Someday, but no time soon. Lots of work left to be done. Definitely NOT GPL, though. Jon Sagara When I want something, I just go out and buy it. That makes me a go-getter. -- My sister