Re: WebDNA vs PHP
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Oops I guess I have to take it all back now. I found the famous "heredoc syntax" in my PHP Bible on page 172:echo <<
PHP $variables all mixed with your HTML code .... add as many lines of HTML mixed with $variables as you can stand!........EOT?>As someone on this list has said before: Sweet! : c)MKOn Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 03:12 PM, Rajeev Kumar wrote:> yup. but when youre dealing with lots of html code, that use " 's. its> better to escape from php.> because for every ", you have to escape it using a \".>> eg:>> echo " | ";>> or>> ?> | >>> I just find it easier to read this way. personal preference i guess :)>>> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Marc Kaiwi" > To: "WebDNA Talk" > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:01 AM> Subject: Re: WebDNA vs PHP>>>> Yes but it's either:>> if($x){echo "hello $name";} ?> <---- 29 characters>> or>> if($x){ ?> hello echo $name?> } ?> <--- 34 characters>>>> ... and to keep this a little on the WebDNA topic here I'll compare. >> In>> WebDNA I would use something like:>>>> [showif x=True] hello [name][/showif] <--- 34 characters>>>> hahahahha .... : c)>>>> On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 02:49 PM, Rajeev Kumar wrote:>>>>> You dont have to echo() or print(). you can just escape from the php>>> portion>>> of the code using ?> and .>>>>>> eg:>>> ....>>> ...>>> if ($variable) { ?>>>> html code here
>>> }>>> ...>>> ...>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----->>> From: "Marc Kaiwi" >>> To: "WebDNA Talk" >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:33 AM>>> Subject: WebDNA vs PHP>>>>>>>>>> Well I've been working with php/mysql for (only) about a week now >>>> ...>>>> very cool! I'm excited about it. I'm converting a website I wrote>>>> some>>>> years ago in perl/DBM to php/mysql, the server hosting it doesn't>>>> support WebDNA so that option is out unfortunately.>>>>>>>> Here's the one big advantage (IMHO) that WebDNA has over PHP : >>>> WebDNA>>>> integrates better with html in that it allows you to use straight >>>> html>>>> inside contexts without wrapping them in a print() or echo()>>>> statements, this can be a real time saver. Other than that, php >>>> seems>>>> to be just as quick to code and develop, it seems to be just a fast>>>> and>>>> full featured. PHP's big advantage may be that it's powerful, free >>>> and>>>> integrates with MySQL so well.>>>>>>>> Just a few thoughts as I make my way through the dark. Looking for >>>> the>>>> light switch which has got to be here somewhere, I know it.>>>>>>>> Signed: Marc Kaiwi>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>>>> the mailing list .>>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>>> >>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>>> the mailing list .>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>>>>>>> Signed: Marc Kaiwi>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>> the mailing list .>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>Signed: Marc Kaiwi-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Oops I guess I have to take it all back now. I found the famous "heredoc syntax" in my PHP Bible on page 172:echo << PHP $variables all mixed with your HTML code .... add as many lines of HTML mixed with $variables as you can stand!........EOT?>As someone on this list has said before: Sweet! : c)MKOn Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 03:12 PM, Rajeev Kumar wrote:> yup. but when youre dealing with lots of html code, that use " 's. its> better to escape from php.> because for every ", you have to escape it using a \".>> eg:>> echo " | ";>> or>> ?> | >>> I just find it easier to read this way. personal preference i guess :)>>> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Marc Kaiwi" > To: "WebDNA Talk" > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:01 AM> Subject: Re: WebDNA vs PHP>>>> Yes but it's either:>> if($x){echo "hello $name";} ?> <---- 29 characters>> or>> if($x){ ?> hello echo $name?> } ?> <--- 34 characters>>>> ... and to keep this a little on the WebDNA topic here I'll compare. >> In>> WebDNA I would use something like:>>>> [showif x=True] hello [name][/showif] <--- 34 characters>>>> hahahahha .... : c)>>>> On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 02:49 PM, Rajeev Kumar wrote:>>>>> You dont have to echo() or print(). you can just escape from the php>>> portion>>> of the code using ?> and .>>>>>> eg:>>> ....>>> ...>>> if ($variable) { ?>>>> html code here
>>> }>>> ...>>> ...>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----->>> From: "Marc Kaiwi" >>> To: "WebDNA Talk" >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:33 AM>>> Subject: WebDNA vs PHP>>>>>>>>>> Well I've been working with php/mysql for (only) about a week now >>>> ...>>>> very cool! I'm excited about it. I'm converting a website I wrote>>>> some>>>> years ago in perl/DBM to php/mysql, the server hosting it doesn't>>>> support WebDNA so that option is out unfortunately.>>>>>>>> Here's the one big advantage (IMHO) that WebDNA has over PHP : >>>> WebDNA>>>> integrates better with html in that it allows you to use straight >>>> html>>>> inside contexts without wrapping them in a print() or echo()>>>> statements, this can be a real time saver. Other than that, php >>>> seems>>>> to be just as quick to code and develop, it seems to be just a fast>>>> and>>>> full featured. PHP's big advantage may be that it's powerful, free >>>> and>>>> integrates with MySQL so well.>>>>>>>> Just a few thoughts as I make my way through the dark. Looking for >>>> the>>>> light switch which has got to be here somewhere, I know it.>>>>>>>> Signed: Marc Kaiwi>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>>>> the mailing list .>>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>>> >>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>>> the mailing list .>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to>>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>>>>>>> Signed: Marc Kaiwi>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>> the mailing list .>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>Signed: Marc Kaiwi-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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