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Posted by Paul Furman on 03/18/07 05:01
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Paul Furman wrote:
>
>> king kikapu wrote:
>>
>>> Hit to all folks here,
>>>
>>> i recently got interested abiy php, i have a workable knowledge of
>>> Python and a little bit of Ruby.
>>> I just want to ask, if php is suitable for generic programming and not
>>> only for web stuf.
>>>
>>> I am -mainly- a windows developer and just want to escape from MS
>>> umbrella, i just do not know
>>> if php is the right choice. Can i use the language to build network
>>> apps, or gui apps or DB stuff and the like
>>> or i should stick to Python for this kind of (generic) developing ?
>>>
>>> I recently saw that CodeGear (a Borland spin-off) will release Delphi
>>> for php and i am very attracted to that.
>>> VCL, first class debugger, a fully featured IDE.
>>> I suppose that the combination of a product like that and the
>>> language, will make me able to build nearly
>>> anything and not only web stuff, or am i wrong ?
>>
>>
>> I'm no programming guru but it seems to me php is really just for web
>> programming unless you want to do intranet stuff. It has to run from a
>> web server! Perl is a bit more powerful in some ways but lacks the
>> vast set of web development tools that make php so productive, and
>> that's what php is all about.
>
>
> No, PHP does not have to run from the server. I do a lot of scripts
> which run standalone.
How does that work?
I could use it for stuff like image batch processing, renaming, etc.
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