PHP or SHTML???

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I have a choice, what do you think I should use? PHP, which i know nothing about, or SSI (SHTML) which I used before....what would u recommend and why?
Thanks!

hmm.....cheese!

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php -- it is faster, easily done.

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/25/index2a.html?tw=programming has some tips for build it yourself navigation.

And why.

Smiling Suzanne

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but its so complicated! U gotta install the server just to test it out on ur HD!! Sad

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I insatlled apache with php, and whenever I run php.eve I get an error
PHP: Error parsing ./browscap/browscap.ini on line 8206
What do I do?

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!!

Installing php is a server management issue -- try the php.net forums for more help if you are having trouble installing php.

You asked which was easier to work with. The answer is PHP because you can do more, quicker. The language, if you are familiar with XSSI is very similar (well, it's elseif instead of elif, but the same sort of syntax and logic applies).

I assumed since you were asking which one that you had it available to you.

Suzanne

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You don't need to execute PHP on windows. Just have a pache running and make sure that it has the .php extension correctly configured. Then simply point your browser to a file at localhost and PHP should parse it.

It's been quite a while since I've had PHP on my win box. I just make a directory on my servers, and develope there. When it's working fine, I move over to the live directory. That way, I don't have to worry about scripts working on one system and choking on another because I'm developing on the box I'll be running it on.

Mark Hensler
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Well, if only it was that easy! When I try to access localhost through the browser I get a 500 error. I looked at the faq and it says that if I get that the php.exe is not working properly. When I start php.exe I get that browscap error. SOme guy suggested that I upgrade to 4.1.0 because there is no browscap there. CUrrently I am using 4.0.5
I downloaded the installer, we'll see....

hmm.....cheese!

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You might want to try PHP Triad. I've not tried it personally, but I've heard good things about it. It's suppose to install PHP on a windows box

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i did! i am using php triad and get all that carp

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