A friend of mine , at my last job, always told me of these free programs he could download that would build web pages in "php" (I think I'm saying that right) instead of html.
He said there were programs where you could add your Pay Pal payment options to your web page, blogs, etc...
Can anyone tell me about this because I'm wanting to build my wife a web page to go with her Ebay account and it would be nice to have the Pay Pal stuff on her page.
Again, I'm just going on what this guy always talked about. I got a better job and couldn't remmber anything he said about it butr scratchy details.
2007-05-21 23:59:03 · 5 answers · asked by Dr. Gonzo 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
http://www.google.com/search?q=PHP
PHP is a programming language specifically for making web applications. It's not like HTML. HTML is a markup language. It just indicates what are headings, emphasized words, abbreviations, links, and so on in a document. HTML doesn't "do" anything. PHP by contrast is actual code.
> it would be nice to have the Pay Pal stuff on her page.
You don't need PHP for this. They give you a bunch of HTML code. Unless you want to integrate Paypal directly onto your website code, and this is something only larger businesses really need, you don't need PHP (or any programming language).
So, to use PHP, you need to be a programmer.
2007-05-22 00:05:43 · answer #1 · answered by csanon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
PHP is a Hypertext PreProcessor. It is a scripting language that runs on a web server, and outputs HTML.
Nothing is easier than HTML. HTML is painfully simple - it's only a markup language after all. PHP is a scripting language, and although it is a reasonably easy to learn one, it is still considerably more complicated than HTML. Everything is.
I don't know how exactly you would use a "php builder" even if such a thing existed - programming doesn't work like that. You can't write good software without writing code by hand - that's just the way it is.
Try searching the net for more information, and tutorials.
2007-05-22 00:45:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well for what you want with just one page HTML would win.
PHP is an active server sided language, meaning the server actually generates HTML when the page is called. It is easy to learn and very powerful particularly when connected to a database. If you have a site that content changes or needs to read a database then PHP is one way to get there. It doesn't make pay pal payments any easier to code just different. You can build an entire catalog with PHP, put items in a database, edit pages online etc. It is worth learning.
2007-05-22 00:06:41 · answer #3 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Php is a scripting language which makes it possible to interact with databases and to dynamicly create content. Html is a static (markup) language mainly used for building simple / static websites. With php you can build a site like this (in theory)
2007-05-22 00:04:09 · answer #4 · answered by rystest 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
HTML will allow static content only, to make your site dynamic you need more power scripting languages like PHP, JSP or ASP.. Now with PHP you can get a lot of free stuff and even free hosting... I would recomend you to go for a CMS (which generate the PHP files) like joomla or drupal and you won't have to write any code.
I designed my site in Joomla you can check it @ http://ripsoft.org if you have any more doubts you can contact me at munaf.sahaf@gmail.com
2007-05-22 00:10:18 · answer #5 · answered by junaid 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋