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Introduction to PHP5

Posted by michael on from the getting-hacked-with-phpnuke-now-50%-easier dept.

Yet Another OO Fanatic writes "PHP core developer Sterling Hughes has a excellent presentation (mirror) about PHP5 online. So far it seems to be the best coverage of the new features in PHP5; highlights include the new object model, namespaces, interfaces, access control and exceptions. Java by any other name..."

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  1. Re:And, if you want it right now... by jasondlee · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Doesn't scale? I guess someone had better tell Yahoo.

    jason

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  2. Re:yikes! by joab_son_of_zeruiah · · Score: 5, Insightful
    And what's with the java comment, PHP is pretty much nothing like java. ...
    I understood the sense of this remark to be more about the PHP's and Java's capabilities to access other software systems, rather than a comment strictly about the language. Check out the PHP reference manual. Sure, the language is the first few chapters. Then check out the other *100* chapters.

    One of the things I find fascinating when I compare the two at a system capability level is that they are equally capable. It's just that PHP is so much more easy to use, whereas Java is so much more orthodox. Easy to use often wins over orthodox.

    In the long run PHP has as much chance to be a Java killer as .NET does. In the great battle for free vs. proprietary software do I really need orthodox?