Posted by Steve on 09/26/07 20:30

"gosha bine" <stereofrog@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> antonio.cuartas@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Ok... PHP is a server side scripting language but what about the
>> client side???
>>
>> Can I use PHP on the client side as well (for example to validate some
>> form fields) or do I need to use something like JavaScript??? What are
>> the alternatives???
>>
>> Thanks in advance!!!
>>
>
> As long as your client is html-based (i.e. browser), javascript is the
> only option. Running php on the client requires php to be installed there
> (sounds logical, huh?), which is not the case for most clients.

oh man! gosha, you propensity toward blanket, incorrect statements is even
more pronounced than my 'polemic needs'!!!

let's see, BESIDES javascript, there's vb script, tck/tl, java applets,
activex, etc., etc.

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