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[Wantabe]

I'm learning PHP. With that said i'm also endeavoring to learn MySQL as well and i have some questions about terminology. First of all what exactly is a php framework? I assume that it is a cms built by someone or some company for the purpose of designing a web site; just not sure? Also is that the best way to go and what frameworks are considered easy to learn and build from? Another question that i have is what is an iframe? And do most php/MySQL sites use them? And last one for now is; is a frame the same thing as an iframe and if not; what is the difference? Thank you in advance for your help!!!! :stunned:

[simplistik]

I'm learning PHP. With that said i'm also endeavoring to learn MySQL as well and i have some questions about terminology. First of all what exactly is a php framework? I assume that it is a cms built by someone or some company for the purpose of designing a web site; just not sure? Also is that the best way to go and what frameworks are considered easy to learn and build from? Another question that i have is what is an iframe? And do most php/MySQL sites use them? And last one for now is; is a frame the same thing as an iframe and if not; what is the difference? Thank you in advance for your help!!!! :stunned:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framework ... a framework basically is a whole bunch of classes and functions that simplify mundane processes
"easy to learn and build from" ... ummm none if you're just starting out, but CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Zend and Symfony are the most widely used to which I think all but Zend use MVC, something else for you to learn
uhhh, iframe has NOTHING to do with php and/or MySQL it's an html element inline-frame, it allows you to link an external page's content into your current page (seems you need to learn html while you're in the process of learning PHP and MySQL
a frame encompasses a whole site, an iframe resides in a page of a site

[Wantabe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framework ... a framework basically is a whole bunch of classes and functions that simplify mundane processes
"easy to learn and build from" ... ummm none if you're just starting out, but CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Zend and Symfony are the most widely used to which I think all but Zend use MVC, something else for you to learn
uhhh, iframe has NOTHING to do with php and/or MySQL it's an html element inline-frame, it allows you to link an external page's content into your current page (seems you need to learn html while you're in the process of learning PHP and MySQL
a frame encompasses a whole site, an iframe resides in a page of a site



Thank you simplistik,
I really appreciate your guidence and correction! I've never used inline frames; but have hardcoded in xhtml. I've used xhtml along with css and i'm relatively new at the website stuff as i only do work for the church site where i attend. I guess that i should have known iframe was not php. One question that i have left; sorry! Are frames usually used mostly with php includes or do people pretty much use them in standard everyday xhtml? It seems that everything that i've hardcoded was shaped completely with css; so i guess what i'm really asking; when do you need iframes and for what purposes; containers maybe? Sorry for all the questions; but i'm disabled and learning from books and people online! Thanks again and in advance!!!:sen:


Sorry,
You have already answered this question on my reply indepth about frames and iframes! Sorry!!! Somehow; i missed it (Duh!) the first time that i read it!! Thanks for your time and giving me some really good answers!