PHP
A very popular Web Application Server/language.
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
MAMP for MacOs X http://www.mamp.info/en/mamp.html
The conclusion arrived at is that, in some circumstances at least, PHP's tendency to create more problems than it solves makes it an inappropriate choice. http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002/papers/html/php/index.html
Oversimplification Leading to Excessive Complexity http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002/papers/html/php/#section_5
Jan'2009: Eric Ries on why PHP "won". All of which leads to a non-intuitive conclusion. PHP shines on one of the most important criteria for platform selection: readability. Yes, you heard me right. Even though PHP's syntax is an inelegant beast, the overall platform is impressively readable. I disagree - it won because it's easy to get started with (for a non-programmer), and it's easy to get running at cheap Hosted Server providers.
tutorial on use of Web Cookie and session data
compared to Perl (with some good reference details on PHP)
Tim Bray post with lots of comments/links pro/con PHP.
- which leads Ian Bicking toward thinking about a Python Web Framework might be designed to mimic the best traits of PHP.
Recommend reading list.
used at Yahoo
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[z2002-10-30-YahooPHP]
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[z2007-11-08-DeliciousPhp] Del.icio.us
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this includes some structure they use
- PEAR, APC, Symfony
CodingStandards on PEAR site.
Heredoc long-string-variable approach
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