Originally posted by NickFitz
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PHP? 
What you're seeing there is HTML, with bits of PHP code embedded in it.
Basically, a PHP file can either be pure code, or an HTML template, similar to ASP and JSP. So in something like
there's actually a load of HTML and PHP mashed together.
Of course some buffoons will have loads of business logic and database access stuff all mixed in together with the HTML, but a competent developer should have abstracted all that away into separate files.
Such PHP on its own looks more like C++, Java or JavaScript:
(That's PHP4 - there's better syntax for class definitions in PHP5.)
What you're seeing there is HTML, with bits of PHP code embedded in it.
Basically, a PHP file can either be pure code, or an HTML template, similar to ASP and JSP. So in something like
Code:
<div id="masthead"> <h1><?php echo($site->name) ?></h1> <h2><?php echo($site->strapline) ?></h2> </div> <ul id="navigation"> <?php foreach($site->pages as $page) : ?> <li><a href="<?php echo($page->URL) ?>"><?php echo($page->title) ?></a></li> <?php endforeach ; ?> </ul>
Of course some buffoons will have loads of business logic and database access stuff all mixed in together with the HTML, but a competent developer should have abstracted all that away into separate files.
Such PHP on its own looks more like C++, Java or JavaScript:
Code:
<?php
class Category {
var $id;
var $title;
function Category($id, $title) {
$this->id = $id;
$this->title = $title;
}
function capitalise_title() {
return strtoupper($this->title);
}
}
?>
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