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Posted by Mary Pegg on 03/30/07 13:38
Toby A Inkster wrote:
> K.J.Williams wrote:
>
>> Well we wanted to know, what type of learning curve ( of difficulty )
>> we would have trying to learn PHP?
With a good background in C, PHP is very easy.
> PHP's syntax is fairly like C.
<snip>
Variable scope is worth looking at before you start:
http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php
> The biggest difference in syntax is that variables in PHP always begin
> with a dollar sign, e.g. $foo.
He, that's always the gotcha when you switch to PHP from C.
> PHP has a lot more functions built in to the language, compared to C where
> a lot of functionality (e.g. database connectivity, regular expressions,
> networking functions) needs to be imported through libraries.
There are core functions, and then there are functions that need to be
compiled in (but usually are):
http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.internal.php
It's worth remembering as a PHP noob that chances are, there's already
a function to do it.
> PHP4 has a certain amount of OO support, and PHP 5 has almost as much OO
> support as Java does; however, you don't have to use it!
If you want OO then it's probably best to go with a language that was
designed that way in the first place.
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