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Best PHP Practices
By: James Murray
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    2004-09-20

    Table of Contents:
  • Best PHP Practices
  • It’s like Typing, only with a Pencil
  • What You See is… Well, You Know
  • Get your Hands off MySQL!
  • PHP Time, YAA!
  • Where Do I Start?
  • Loose Ends

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    Best PHP Practices - What You See is… Well, You Know


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    I regret to tell you that what you see isn’t always what you get. There are many different HTML editing programs out there; the top two are Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe GoLive.

    Macromedia Dreamweaver is the choice of most people, mostly because of the dynamic language capabilities. However, as a true PHP programmer that should be no concern of yours, as true PHP programmers do all their PHP by hand instead of letting a program generate it for them. So basically it comes down to what you prefer. Until you actually take a look at both programs.

    Personally after much time, use, and thought, I’ve found that Adobe GoLive would be the best choice for a PHP programmer. Due to the fact that it has a more familiar interface for those used to using Photoshop. I’ve also found that it has real time WYSIWYG capabilities while with Dreamweaver, you have to refresh after you make a change, and not to mention, it has real time rendering that will show you the HTML in small emulators of each browser.

    However, like I said, it’s really up to you and your personal preference as to which HTML editor you use.

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