Using php in HTML

Anon

Hello,

After browsing the php manual, my understanding is that php can actually be encoded in HTML or ASP pages. Would like to know is this the case? If so, this means I can run this HTML / ASP page in my IIS server, but how does my IIS handle this since IIS supports only V.B & Jscripts by default? Do I have to install an activeX engine to specify the language ? Does activeX supports php ? How to go about it ?

Does this mean I can encode the php script in my html /asp script to connect to my oracle database ? Thanks.

Anon

yes, you can mix your php code directly with html and you can get data from your oracle db.

the files are handed over to php by iis, you have to tell the server to do that with .php files.

for installation information on iis, go to http://www.php.net/manual/install-windows95-nt.php (please make sure, you follow these steps very carefully or it won't work)

hth
cheers
/k

Anon

Hi Ken,
Thanks for reply, but besides HTML, how about ASP ? Actually, without embedding the php code in these scripts, can I access my oracle database directly with the asp scripts in V.B running on the IIS(NT)?
Regards.

Anon

asp and php are very similar. i don't like asp, because this is a proprietary microsoft standard, while php is platform independent and open-source (there are several discussions on this in the archive of the forum).
of course you can use asp to connect to your db too, but i doubt anyone in here can help you.
the output your script generates has to be html, of course. otherwise no browser will be able to display the results.
cheers
/ken

Anon

You can't exbed both asp and PHP in the same file. However, yes both can make connections and query an Oracle database.