15038Database-Independent API for PHPhttp://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/10/hughes/PHP is a valuable item in any Web developer's toolbox. The server-side technology allows for rapid development of dynamic, database-driven applications. One of PHP's major strengths is its ability to connect with many different databases, including Sybase, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MySQL.
Database connectivity, however, is also one of PHP's major weaknesses. Specifically, PHP's lack of a standard database API makes switching databases difficult and costly once an application has been written. For example, if you write a program that uses a MySQL database on the back end, and you want to modify that program so that it uses a Sybase database, you'll most likely spend hours modifying the code.PHP > Magazine ArticlesOct 12, 2006
If you came late to the PHP Party, don't worry--there's plenty of reasons to celebrate. PHP is an Open Source server-side scripting language for creating dynamic web content, in place on some 1.5 million Web sites worldwide--and growing. There's a new version of PHP out, version 4.0. I just got around to downloading and giving it a whirl.
PHP.Pirus is the first virus written in PHP, a server-side scripting language used for dynamic Web page generation. The virus runs only on servers with PHP interpreters. This virus cannot be contracted by simply visiting an infected Web page. The virus is saved as a file on the hard drive, and it inserts code into .php and .htm files to call itself. The name of the virus file varies, but is likely to use the extension .php
PHP is an open source programming language that is widely popular on the web. However because PHP so popular in shared hosting environments, many people have an impression that PHP is only for small scale web-sites. This is patently untrue, and PHP is in use in many large scale web sites such as Yahoo and Lufthansa Online Ticketing for the creation of large web applications such as IMP. This article is an attempt to readdress the balance and show how PHP is used in the enterprise
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