[LBo] Re: Learning PHP

[Dave Lerner]

Jisao wrote:
> Out of curiosity, what is PHP used in/for?
> 
> If I would go out and buy a PHP book, where/how would I apply this 
> knowledge. I know many CMS use PHP, but other than that?
> 
> Jisao

In addition to the other replies ...

There are other scripting languages that can be used for web sites, but 
some advantages of PHP are:

1) It's open source.
2) It was designed specifically for creating web applications.
3) It grew up alongside the Apache web server, and is very well 
integrated with Apache.

<?php echo date('r') ?>