Can php do this?

Hi,

before to start study and use php I would like to ask what php can do?
Or to be more precise, I have more or less defined aim and would like
just to know whether it can be done in php. So, can one with the usage
of php create a web based e-mail service like Yahoo or hotmail? Can
one create with php web based forum like on
"http://www.webhostingtalk.com/"? Is php a good chose for this?

Thanks.

"Kurda Yon" <kurdayon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> before to start study and use php I would like to ask what php can do?
> Or to be more precise, I have more or less defined aim and would like
> just to know whether it can be done in php. So, can one with the usage
> of php create a web based e-mail service like Yahoo or hotmail? Can
> one create with php web based forum like on
> "http://www.webhostingtalk.com/"? Is php a good chose for this?

You'll find a gazzillion projects written in php that do both of these, no
programming needed.

http://freshmeat.net/

kurdayon@yahoo.com (Kurda Yon) emerged reluctantly from the curtain
and staggered drunkenly up to the mic. In a cracked and slurred voice
he muttered:

> Can
> one create with php web based forum like on
> "http://www.webhostingtalk.com/"?

Uhm, that forum *IS* written in PHP.

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