Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/11/07 13:44

Sanders Kaufman wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>>> macca wrote:
>
>>>> Why would a book on PHP-MYSQL have examples in c++ ???
>>>
>>> Because PHP is written in C++ and is extensible through C++.
>>
>> So? Linux is written in C. Does that mean a C book will help me
>> understand how to admin Linux better?
>
> What a foolish question!
>

No more so than your answer. Linux is written in C and is extensible
through C.

>
>>> For example - there is no built-in support for ArcGIS in PHP.
>>> But a savvy spatial programmer could build something to be compiled
>>> with PHP - just as MySQL and SOAP support must currently be added at
>>> compile-time in order for PHP to use those features.
>>
>> Then he doesn't need a PHP-MySQL book with C++ examples - he needs
>> information on how to write PHP extensions in C++. Something
>> completely different.
>
> I never met the fellow 'cept once in a chatroom - so I dunno what he
> needs or doesn't... and trying to figure it out would be scope creep.
>
> I'm just answering the question "why would...".


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