Of course compiled versus interpreted code is a pretty major difference, so it would be hard for me to say it is "like" a compiled language like C/C++ just because is borrows some of the syntax. I have seen only very generic classifications, but IMHO I would lean more towards saying it is a scripting language specifically written to act as a CGI web interface, as opposed to molding a language like Perl to do CGI. Of course those database specific functions thrown in is always a huge plus! (I often wonder how some of the originators would classify it?) I guess that would be here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.general.php#faq.general.what
-Brad "John W. Holmes" wrote: > > I am trying to understand in deatil exactly what PHP is, I know that > it is > > a > > scripting markup type language, but..... > > > > Is it correct to say that PHP is essentially just C++ code wrapped in > PHP > > blocks which are embedded in HTML? > > Well, more of a C/C++ syntax, actually. PHP has a lot of built in > functions that make it different from C/C++. But, yeah, in an extremely > broad manner, you could say that's what it is. The PHP code is evaluated > and ran on the server and the resulting HTML is sent to the client. Note > that you can't compile PHP, like C/C++. > > ---John Holmes... > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
