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mirinl
July 3rd, 2003, 05:47 PM
hi, recently i'm thinking of learning a new language (may be several of them) to interact with flash or other designs, mainly for driving the database, forum, guestbok, etc. Any commonly used scripting language out there? That's easy to pick up and be a good asset to apply for a developer job? =)
ahmed
July 3rd, 2003, 06:21 PM
PHP
sdrawkcaB
July 4th, 2003, 01:21 PM
I still have no idea what the hell PHP is. All I know is HTML.
Voetsjoeba
July 4th, 2003, 01:30 PM
Originally posted by ahmed
PHP
h88
July 4th, 2003, 01:34 PM
PHP is a server-side scripting language, check their website which includes a brief about it and a manual. [link] (http://www.php.net)

You might also want to try either Java, ASP.net, or Cold Fusion, for macromedia had released a tool called 'Flash Remoting' which helps build applications in flash using these languages.

But, IMO, PHP is the best among all.
sdrawkcaB
July 4th, 2003, 02:57 PM
^Thanks man.
mirinl
July 4th, 2003, 03:26 PM
thanks to all!! Now i have a general idea of what to start learning. :)


Originally posted by Voetsjoeba


what's IMO?

by the way, how to setup the PHP server at home? and what's the name of the compiler to d/l?

Any good PHP book to recommend? from beginner-to-expert all in one book? Don't want to spend much on them...
λ
July 4th, 2003, 05:15 PM
Here is a long list of server installation kits. (http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Software_and_Servers/Installation_Kits/index.html)

I use this (http://www.e-novative.de/ephp.php) package.

I don't know about books, but Jubba seems to like one called PHP: Your Visual Blueprint or something.
ahmed
July 4th, 2003, 05:16 PM
Originally posted by mirinl
what's IMO? IMO = In my opinion :P :trout:
sdrawkcaB
July 4th, 2003, 11:13 PM
Originally posted by mirinl

by the way, how to setup the PHP server at home? and what's the name of the compiler to d/l?

Any good PHP book to recommend? from beginner-to-expert all in one book? Don't want to spend much on them...

Whats the deal with PHP? You have to have a PHP server? And whats a compiler?
Digitalosophy
July 5th, 2003, 07:47 PM
you need php installed on your server

http://www.php.net/downloads.php

you can download it from there and install in your pc.
comicGeek
July 6th, 2003, 02:25 AM
I suggest to any one who is planning to learn PHP to use a precompiled one. Meaning you only have to download an installer that has everything on them: PHP, MySQL and Apache. Why would you want this? It's because PHP is difficult to configure, unless you are a system administrator or have a previous knowledge of the software. I suggest you use PHPTraid or PHPDev. I assume that you want to learn PHP with Flash.

Oh, and for a bok I suggest Foundation PHP for Flash and Advanced PHP for FLash. Alot of great things are found there.

Cheers!