| Re: Name of page itself? [message #177245 is a reply to message #177241] |
Thu, 01 March 2012 14:10   |
The Natural Philosoph
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Scott Johnson wrote:
> On 3/1/2012 4:57 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> Tim Streater wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <f244fbdd-78f1-48b4-a578-635b97e4dbde(at)gr6g2000vbb(dot)googlegroups(dot)com>,
>>> Captain Paralytic <paul_lautman(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
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>>>> On Feb 28, 9:58 am, Sonnich Jensen <sonnichjen...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> > I have not worked with PHP for 2+ years, now again and need to refill
>>>> > my brain...
>>>> >
>>>> > How can I get the name of the main page?
>>>> >
>>>> > Say, index.php includes menu.php, how do I get the name of the main
>>>> > page, in this case index.php?
>>>> > Next say page1.php, page2.php etc?
>>>
>>>> A php file is NOT the same as a web page. A single php file may have
>>>> the ability to generate more than one page. Alternatively many php
>>>> files may be used to generate 1 page.
>>>
>>> Or it might generate no pages at all. None of mine do.
>>>
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>> Fabulous. Write only memory in the computer as well?
>> Talking of the wrong tool for the job, I once heard of a man trying to
>> build a battleship out of papier mache.
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> Hmmm.
>
> Seems sort of a shortsighted comment.
>
> What would you use for doing something for example as simple as MySQL DB
> maintenance from a cron job?
C, script? anyone of a zillion better tools than PHP..
Currently I use C.
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> But also I would have to say if you are using PHP, then the display page
> would indeed have php code on it (even as simple as a single line
> include/require) in which case pulling the page name is going to be the
> same.
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> And if the battleship is only a display model on a small shelf then
> paper mache seems feasible.
You would be surprised actually at how tough a material it is.
Ok its not quite carbon fibre..laminate.. but actually if you had
nothing else, it WOULD work.
Which is my point. PHP is not a particularly brilliant language. There
are better, for all other applications that do NOT expect you to
routinely switch between echoed output and simple-style coding.
Why not use one?
--
To people who know nothing, anything is possible.
To people who know too much, it is a sad fact
that they know how little is really possible -
and how hard it is to achieve it.
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