I can understand your lecturers point. PHP is not a great first language. C or Java would give you a broader understanding of programming in general.
As for being a dead language, PHP is definitely not.
I've just noticed that you say you want to do your final project in PHP. Well PHP has the ability to import Java objects just as if they were native PHP objects...which means you can have a 'high power' compiled back end with a flexible, fast interpreted front-end...cool huh 
Most definatly, when it comes ill go kick my IT teachers ar$e with a powerfull, yet flexible php/java programmed website 
Jack.
Probabaly been said already but HTML isn't a programming language because it lacks logic and control statements. Its a markup language... like forum code 
yup it has been many times.. maybe in future read the thread a little before posting
Anyways welcome to the board. :p
Originally posted by planetsim
yup it has been many times.. maybe in future read the thread a little before posting
Anyways welcome to the board. :p
LOL, yes, welcome.
Or, planet, maybe he should just vote and check the scores ... 7.8 to 1 would win the day in any election up here ... 
Originally posted by Nixon
IT teachers rarely have any enthusiasm for thier work and also are usually f*!king t055ers. Ive only been through high-school but my high-school teachers were very nieve and didnt know anything about IT except how to use MS word and restart a network and this year im going to collage to do a BTEC in software development I was talking to the collage IT head dude and he said, well you will be learning to program in java blah blah blah so I said, if I wanted could I do a project in PHP for my final assesment and do you know what he said?!?!! ...
Apparently, in your high school, the English teachers must not be very enthusiastic either, since they apparently didn't teach you spelling or how to use periods properly...
:p
Originally posted by onion2k
PHP is the opensource equivalent of VB. Fact.
Technically noone should use it. Its a huge great hack. It was never designed to be a proper language, just a thing thrown together to make a few pages. But... Its so damn flexible and nice to use everyone ignores its faults and carries on regardless.
I should kill you where you stand. Or sit. Or... whatever. :o
:p
That may have been true with earlier versions, but most programming languages are evolved from early hacks. PHP5 is proof that PHP just might be exiting puberty into early adulthood. Maybe we should have a coming-out party?
Yea I thought about reading through the thread.. but after the first page I was bored. Figured i'd toss in my 2 cents anyways
And thanks for the welcome
You know Travis... your icon is kind of suggestive...
although at first I thought it was a baseball glove... :rolleyes:
Originally posted by BuzzLY
although at first I thought it was a baseball glove... :rolleyes:
Has it been a while Buzz?:p
Originally posted by BuzzLY
Apparently, in your high school, the English teachers must not be very enthusiastic either, since they apparently didn't teach you spelling or how to use periods properly...
:p
I was on a rant. :p Rants don't need good punctuation.
Jack
P.S but no, my english teacher could almost be classed as an alcholic.
Originally posted by piersk
Has it been a while Buzz?:p
That one's a lil' too slick to be 'real' ... :o umm, isn't this a family-friendly forum? :eek:
Yeah... methinks that av will be gone before too long :bemused:
On a somewhat related subject, your 'bouncy things' don't seem to be bouncing any longer ...
Yeah it is... are you sure you haven't changed a browser setting ?
:o
:rolleyes:
Relax. Its a hand on a mouse. If you dont believe me look carefully.
Oh, I can see that. I'm just saying that it was a little suggestive.
Your current one, however, I find a little questionable. Fair warning: some might find it offensive, and you may not have meant to use it that way.
Some look at the rebel flag as being the American equivalent of the German swastika. To top that off, you have a silhouette of a person that is white, as if to emphasize what the rebel flag symbolizes.
Don't get me wrong -- I know a lot of southern "good ole boys" see the flag as simply a symbol of pride in their southern heritage. However, a lot of people view it as a symbol of hate, regardless of what your true intentions may have been, and the white person silhouetted in front just seems to support that symbolism.
Just an observation, my friend. Take it or leave it
Originally posted by BuzzLY
Oh, I can see that. I'm just saying that it was a little suggestive.
I'd say it was a little more than that.
i consider html a programming language. it is not touring complete, but as another said, it does not need to be. IMHO a programming language is a language that is interpreted by some type of engine that produces some value.
Say if I was to create a page called index.php and in it I had
<? echo 'hello world' ?>
would you say I just programmed something? Or is it something else because I did not add any looping?
