Re: WebDNA vs PHP
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texte = Oh wow. that IS sweet!----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Kaiwi"
To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 1:11 PMSubject: Re: WebDNA vs PHP> Oops I guess I have to take it all back now. I found the famous> "heredoc syntax" in my PHP Bible on page 172:>> > echo << PHP $variables all mixed with your> HTML code | > ... add as many lines of HTML mixed with $variables as you can stand!> ...> ...> EOT> ?>>> As someone on this list has said before: Sweet! : c)>> MK>>> On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 03:12 PM, Rajeev Kumar wrote:>> > yup. but when youre dealing with lots of html code, that use " 's. its> > better to escape from php.> > because for every ", you have to escape it using a \".> >> > eg:> >> > echo " | ";> >> > or> >> > ?> | > >> >> > I just find it easier to read this way. personal preference i guess :)> >> >> > ----- Original Message -----> > From: "Marc Kaiwi" > > To: "WebDNA Talk" > > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:01 AM> > Subject: Re: WebDNA vs PHP> >> >> >> Yes but it's either:> >> if($x){echo "hello $name";} ?> <---- 29 characters> >> or> >> if($x){ ?> hello echo $name?> } ?> <--- 34 characters> >>> >> ... and to keep this a little on the WebDNA topic here I'll compare.> >> In> >> WebDNA I would use something like:> >>> >> [showif x=True] hello [name][/showif] <--- 34 characters> >>> >> hahahahha .... : c)> >>> >> On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 02:49 PM, Rajeev Kumar wrote:> >>> >>> You dont have to echo() or print(). you can just escape from the php> >>> portion> >>> of the code using ?> and .> >>>> >>> eg:> >>> ....> >>> ...> >>> if ($variable) { ?>> >>> html code here
> >>> }> >>> ...> >>> ...> >>>> >>>> >>> ----- Original Message -----> >>> From: "Marc Kaiwi" > >>> To: "WebDNA Talk" > >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:33 AM> >>> Subject: WebDNA vs PHP> >>>> >>>> >>>> Well I've been working with php/mysql for (only) about a week now> >>>> ...> >>>> very cool! I'm excited about it. I'm converting a website I wrote> >>>> some> >>>> years ago in perl/DBM to php/mysql, the server hosting it doesn't> >>>> support WebDNA so that option is out unfortunately.> >>>>> >>>> Here's the one big advantage (IMHO) that WebDNA has over PHP :> >>>> WebDNA> >>>> integrates better with html in that it allows you to use straight> >>>> html> >>>> inside contexts without wrapping them in a print() or echo()> >>>> statements, this can be a real time saver. Other than that, php> >>>> seems> >>>> to be just as quick to code and develop, it seems to be just a fast> >>>> and> >>>> full featured. PHP's big advantage may be that it's powerful, free> >>>> and> >>>> integrates with MySQL so well.> >>>>> >>>> Just a few thoughts as I make my way through the dark. Looking for> >>>> the> >>>> light switch which has got to be here somewhere, I know it.> >>>>> >>>> Signed: Marc Kaiwi> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >>>> the mailing list .> >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >>> > >>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> >>>> >>>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------> >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >>> the mailing list .> >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >>> > >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> >>>> >>>> >> Signed: Marc Kaiwi> >>> >>> >> -------------------------------------------------------------> >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >> the mailing list .> >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------> > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> > the mailing list .> > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> >> >> Signed: Marc Kaiwi>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Oh wow. that IS sweet!----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Kaiwi" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 1:11 PMSubject: Re: WebDNA vs PHP> Oops I guess I have to take it all back now. I found the famous> "heredoc syntax" in my PHP Bible on page 172:>> > echo << PHP $variables all mixed with your> HTML code | > ... add as many lines of HTML mixed with $variables as you can stand!> ...> ...> EOT> ?>>> As someone on this list has said before: Sweet! : c)>> MK>>> On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 03:12 PM, Rajeev Kumar wrote:>> > yup. but when youre dealing with lots of html code, that use " 's. its> > better to escape from php.> > because for every ", you have to escape it using a \".> >> > eg:> >> > echo " | ";> >> > or> >> > ?> | > >> >> > I just find it easier to read this way. personal preference i guess :)> >> >> > ----- Original Message -----> > From: "Marc Kaiwi" > > To: "WebDNA Talk" > > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:01 AM> > Subject: Re: WebDNA vs PHP> >> >> >> Yes but it's either:> >> if($x){echo "hello $name";} ?> <---- 29 characters> >> or> >> if($x){ ?> hello echo $name?> } ?> <--- 34 characters> >>> >> ... and to keep this a little on the WebDNA topic here I'll compare.> >> In> >> WebDNA I would use something like:> >>> >> [showif x=True] hello [name][/showif] <--- 34 characters> >>> >> hahahahha .... : c)> >>> >> On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 02:49 PM, Rajeev Kumar wrote:> >>> >>> You dont have to echo() or print(). you can just escape from the php> >>> portion> >>> of the code using ?> and .> >>>> >>> eg:> >>> ....> >>> ...> >>> if ($variable) { ?>> >>> html code here
> >>> }> >>> ...> >>> ...> >>>> >>>> >>> ----- Original Message -----> >>> From: "Marc Kaiwi" > >>> To: "WebDNA Talk" > >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:33 AM> >>> Subject: WebDNA vs PHP> >>>> >>>> >>>> Well I've been working with php/mysql for (only) about a week now> >>>> ...> >>>> very cool! I'm excited about it. I'm converting a website I wrote> >>>> some> >>>> years ago in perl/DBM to php/mysql, the server hosting it doesn't> >>>> support WebDNA so that option is out unfortunately.> >>>>> >>>> Here's the one big advantage (IMHO) that WebDNA has over PHP :> >>>> WebDNA> >>>> integrates better with html in that it allows you to use straight> >>>> html> >>>> inside contexts without wrapping them in a print() or echo()> >>>> statements, this can be a real time saver. Other than that, php> >>>> seems> >>>> to be just as quick to code and develop, it seems to be just a fast> >>>> and> >>>> full featured. PHP's big advantage may be that it's powerful, free> >>>> and> >>>> integrates with MySQL so well.> >>>>> >>>> Just a few thoughts as I make my way through the dark. Looking for> >>>> the> >>>> light switch which has got to be here somewhere, I know it.> >>>>> >>>> Signed: Marc Kaiwi> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >>>> the mailing list .> >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >>> > >>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> >>>> >>>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------> >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >>> the mailing list .> >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >>> > >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> >>>> >>>> >> Signed: Marc Kaiwi> >>> >>> >> -------------------------------------------------------------> >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> >> the mailing list .> >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------> > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> > the mailing list .> > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> >> >> Signed: Marc Kaiwi>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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