Re: [SQL-Ledger-users] PHP version of sql-ledger

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On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 12:39:26PM -0400, Michael Diehl was heard to remark:
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> PHP works like ASP or JSP so that you can include PHP code in your HTML
> page,  it just has top be escaped with <?PHP ... your code... ?>. 
> So it fits more with the most popular way of doing things at the moment.
> When you are using templates, this becomes a bit meaningless, of course.
> (And you can integrate Perl into the server as well)

FYI, 'eperl' by ralf engelschall does the same thing for perl.
It was recently converted to an apache module (mod_eperl, I beleive).
I think the escape is <? but I think <: also works ... 

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I find the history of php peculiar ... my (warped) understanding of it
is that it was even in the begining meant to be a perl-look & work-alike
but with more database support and the <? escape from html... and then 
one day, it took on a life of its own ...  what i find stange is that
a couple of quick hacks could have added <? support, and then php would
never have happened (e.g. if eperl was created in 1995 instead of 1998
or whenever ...)


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