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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
Stand alone PHP programs

It always seems a shame when people develop a lot of code in PHP then want to use it standalone ... so they rewrite it in some other language or wrap it in a web page.

PHP is an excellent stand alone language; it wasn't designed for that use, but it does a mighty fine job if you've already got files full of functions that you want to use away from as well as on the web. Here's a sampple stand alone PHP program:


#!/usr/bin/php -q

The world of Belgian dressing

<?php

$interact = fopen("php://stdin","r");
for ($k=1; $k<11; $k++) {
print "$k dollops of mayonnaise\n";
$line = fgets($interact,1024);
}

?>

and there's a chip in there somewhere


Two notes:

1. The -q command line option supresses headers so that you don't get a "content type" line

2. The special URL php://stdin allows you to open the keyboard for read, thus it allows you to write a truly interactive program.
(written 2005-10-18, updated 2006-06-05)

 
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  [239] What and why for the epoch - (2005-03-08)
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