Summary
As you can see, PHP has changed from its origins. Even though it has had a tremendous impact on the Open Source community, in its early days PHP was still being looked at as an amateur's solution and mostly considered a new "toy." Of course, the "Pretty Hip People" (as PHP users sometimes title themselves) were fully convinced of their own tool, yet had to admit that it sometimes simply didn't stand up to the competition. Throughout the development of version 3, PHP kept attacking the old giants such as ASP, Cold Fusion, et al.—winning the battle more and more often.
In this chapter you have seen three examples in which PHP successfully kicked its combatants out of the ring, proving its fitness for real-life, cutting-edge usage. Considering ...
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