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free ebook php at http://www.free-itebooks.com

On 12 Feb 2005 08:47:54 -0800, freaky.irish@gmail.com wrote:

>free ebook php at http://www.free-itebooks.com

Don't bother. From a brief glance it's terrible, since it uses the twin evils
of register_globals and short_tags.

Far better to go to: http://www.hudzilla.org/phpbook/

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Andy Hassall wrote:
> On 12 Feb 2005 08:47:54 -0800, freaky.irish@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >free ebook php at http://www.free-itebooks.com
>
> Don't bother. From a brief glance it's terrible, since it uses the
twin evils
> of register_globals and short_tags.
<snip>

I certainly don't understand why short_tags are evil. I also see
that the judges of Zend contest are against to it--which IMHO is
totally silly.

--
<?php echo 'Just another PHP saint'; ?>
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On 13 Feb 2005 09:59:43 -0800, "R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah"
<ng4rrjanbiah@rediffmail.com> wrote:

>Andy Hassall wrote:
>> On 12 Feb 2005 08:47:54 -0800, freaky.irish@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> >free ebook php at http://www.free-itebooks.com
>>
>> Don't bother. From a brief glance it's terrible, since it uses the
>twin evils
>> of register_globals and short_tags.
> <snip>
>
> I certainly don't understand why short_tags are evil. I also see
>that the judges of Zend contest are against to it--which IMHO is
>totally silly.

In short: XML (either XML itself, or XHTML). short_tags get confused with the
the XML prolog forcing you to output it with 'print' rather than just as
literal text outside the PHP.

--
Andy Hassall / <andy@andyh.co.uk> / <http://www.andyh.co.uk>
<http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space> Space: disk usage analysis tool

R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:
> Andy Hassall wrote:
>
>>On 12 Feb 2005 08:47:54 -0800, freaky.irish@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>free ebook php at http://www.free-itebooks.com
>>
>> Don't bother. From a brief glance it's terrible, since it uses the
>
> twin evils
>
>>of register_globals and short_tags.
>
> <snip>
>
> I certainly don't understand why short_tags are evil. I also see
> that the judges of Zend contest are against to it--which IMHO is
> totally silly.

It's easy: If you use short-tags, your scripts will break when moved
between different servers with different configurations. If you use
<?php ?> they won't break.

As a side note, you can process your scripts with XML tools if you use
<?php tags, but not if you use <? or <%.

Andy Hassall <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message news:<9qgs019d2v7vb6q5ind364nhev97b5t4cf@4ax.com>. ..
> On 12 Feb 2005 08:47:54 -0800, freaky.irish@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >free ebook php at http://www.free-itebooks.com
>
> Don't bother. From a brief glance it's terrible, since it uses the twin evils
> of register_globals and short_tags.
>
> Far better to go to: http://www.hudzilla.org/phpbook/

I like this book. Very nice.
Thanks!

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