[Fetch_Man]

Hi, just finished learning HTML and CSS. Made my site using those two languages. Now I'm thinking of learning PHP, but don't know if it's worth it. What kinds of cool stuff can you do to a website using PHP?

And is it hard to learn.


Thanks

[Squashman]

Look at HotScripts.com and look at all the different types of scripts that have been writtten.

[brendandonhu]

This site was done in PHP.

[pushcrew]

some cools stuff is a forum, and many more oh some sites use php as a gaming thing, like lastknights

[Jack Goa]

just learn it it's great

[pushcrew]

Yeah learn it, i would learn it but I'm a lazy 16 year old :P

[namenotfound]

PHP makes designing websites so much easier.
- Commonly added content can be stored in a variable and added wherever u need it without having to write it over and over again.
- You can add different skins/layouts that visitors can pick
- PHP can be used to make message boards and chatrooms
- PHP uses similar stuff from other languages. So if you already know Perl, C, JS, then learning PHP will be easier and faster than if you don't know any other languages.

[brendandonhu]

Originally Posted by pushcrew

Yeah learn it, i would learn it but I'm a lazy 16 year old :P

I'm a lazy 15 year old...its not that hard to learn.

[namenotfound]

You kids are lucky you were born in the Internet age

The Internet didn't start to become popular until I was 20

[brendandonhu]

You can find out what PHP can do by looking at the names of the Chapters in the PHP manual. It can parse strings, use email and newsgroups, use databases, handle forms, sessions, and cookies, use compressed archives, send HTTP requests, calculate dates & times, access/edit files, use FTP, create dynamic images, manage ID3 tags, use IRC, encryption & hashing, and many other things.

[Jack Goa]

geez guys I am 28 and am only learning it now, you guys are at the best age to learn new stuff take it from me...
DDDDOOOOOO IIITTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you won't regret it
it's an investment!!!!!

[namenotfound]

Originally Posted by Jack Goa

geez guys I am 28 and am only learning it now, you guys are at the best age to learn new stuff take it from me...
DDDDOOOOOO IIITTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you won't regret it
it's an investment!!!!!

Good to know I'm not the oldest person in this topic
I'm 23, and when they said their ages I felt old...

[Jack Goa]

I sounded just like my dad there...
.....creepy....

[southernlady]

The Internet didn't start to become popular until I was 20

And I didn't start learning til I was 42...I'm 51 now and trying to wrap my head around server software. Liz