February 11, 2012 10:00 AM - 28 attended
Introduction to PHP & Review Code of iPhone App
The Walsh College Open Source group is pleased to announce that we are starting a series of sessions that will teach PHP from a web development point of view. Join us for our first session where Eric Hill will explain basic PHP syntax, variables, object oriented terminology, design patterns and frameworks. Feel free to bring your laptop so that you can follow along with some of the exercises.
Each month we plan on devoting an hour of the session that will expand on your knowledge of PHP. The goal is to provide enough information about this web scripting language so that you can develop your own web site.
In addition, Tom Pletzke will be back again this month to continue the discussion on the Lost City Band iPhone App. He will show us the actual code and walk up through the syntax and logic. Tom's project was recently accepted by Apple and is now available for FREE at the App Store. The iPhone continues to be the best selling phone in the US across all the major carriers.
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Shawn Golden
A really good added benefit is taking advantage of includes. For a larger site when things can change in the navigation, footer, sidebars etc... you have one file which you can edit that will update everything globally, definitely a time saver.
Posted January 31 at 2:34 PM -
Michele Wandrei
For me, the benefit of working in PHP is that I can do anything I want to do with a site. I don't have to work within the limitations of something like Wordpress. Wordpress has some nice plugins, but sometimes I can do better by writing my own scripts so that I can control how the site functions.
Posted January 31 at 3:04 PM -
Eric Hill
If you know PHP you can take WordPress, Drupal or Joomla and customize it and/or create your own templates. Also, if you need a really "simple" site, writing it from scratch in PHP is probably the best approach, and it will be faster than a WordPress site.
Posted January 31 at 3:18 PM -
Chris Wechner
Wow, Shawn, Michele, and Eric! You all were very generous with your answers. I think that I'm reading that the benefits fall into one (1) of three (3) different categories: flexibility, control, and speed.
Posted February 1 at 2:18 AM -
Chris Wechner
By the way, thank you very much. (I should have included that within my other post.)
Posted February 1 at 2:18 AM -
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Eric Hill
We meet the 2nd Saturday of each month from 10:00AM - 12:00PM.
Posted February 6 at 2:40 PM -
Chris Wechner
Thank you very much, Eric.
Meeting there once each month seems to be less intimidating than each week.
I look forward to seeing you guys.
Posted February 6 at 6:44 PM -
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I mean to ask a serious question--not sarcastic.
What is the benefit of designing a website using php, opposed to creating a website in either WordPress or Blogger? Are there any search engine optimization (SEO) benefits, are most of the benefits felt through the visual appearance, or does php improve website functionality?