| Re: getting a php capability on ubuntu was Re: using scripting languages to automate a browser [message #180406 is a reply to message #180404] |
Mon, 11 February 2013 14:29   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 2/11/2013 6:39 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
> Am 11.02.2013 03:58, schrieb Cal Dershowitz:
>> On 02/10/2013 02:49 AM, Arno Welzel wrote:
>>> Cal Dershowitz, 2013-02-10 09:04:
>>
>> [x-posted to alt.os.linux.ubuntu]
>>
>>
>>>> I've been trying to use perl to automate processes that aren't much more
>>>> than a few GUI events that a person would do if he had a browser.
>>>>
>>>> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>>>> use strict;
>>>> use autodie;
>>>> use utf8;
>>>> use WWW::Mechanize;
>>>>
>>>> my $url = 'http://translate.google.com/';
>>>> my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new;
>>>> my $result = $mech->get($url);
>>>> die "GET failedn" unless $result->is_success;
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> Is this something that php can do in a way that involves less grief?
>>>
>>> I don't think so.
>>>
>>> But if you need to use Google Translate as a service, see here:
>>>
>>> <https://developers.google.com/translate/>
>>>
>>> Well - the service is not for free. Therefore i doubt that using
>>> <http://translate.google.com/> as a "service" through scripts is legal.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for your comments, Arno, I'm just trying to get used to websites from the
>> point-of-view of machines. I don't want this as a "service" that I would put on my
>> guinea pig 1and1 website. With all the reading I did, I do want to use php on my
>> website now.
>>
>> I think we're all in agreement that php is the wrong tool for what I wanted to do,
>> but I've always wanted to have more-sophisticated content on my own site, in
>> particular the ability to host video.
>>
>> The tutorial I looked at wants me to install XAMPP. Is that the best idea for
>> getting a php development environment squared away given that this
>>
>> $ uname -a
>> Linux fred-desktop 3.2.0-33-generic-pae #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:39:21 UTC 2012
>> i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> is my platform? As I look through synaptic for packages that match php, there might
>> be 2 hundred.
>>
>> Before I went ahead and fiddled with it, I thought I'd ask to see if someone has been
>> around the block on this once, which is one more than me right now.
>
> Linux/Unix is the native platform for PHP development. Get a decent IDE with syntax
> checking, set all encodings to utf-8, start your local web server and there you go.
>
> /Str.
>
Incorrect. Linux is not the "native platform for PHP development". It
is ONE platform for PHP development. PHP runs fine on Windows, also.
And there are good IDE's on Windows, also.
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