BASIC for web programming?

[ghostdog74]

PHP cannot be a programming language, since it is interpreted by the server at run-time.

PHP, like Python or Perl, can be used to run PHP scripts, not necessary in a web environment. PHP provides basic programming constructs, data types such as arrays, loops, flow control much like any others. therefore its also a programming language.

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# php5 -r 'echo "hello world\n";'
hello world


[BC_Programmer]

PHP, like Python or Perl, can be used to run PHP scripts, not necessary in a web environment. PHP provides basic programming constructs, data types such as arrays, loops, flow control much like any others. therefore its also a programming language.

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# php5 -r 'echo "hello world\n";'
hello world


I know! I was being sarcastic, silly 

if VBScript wasn't a programming language, as some here claim, then PHP couldn't be either 

[ghostdog74]

I know! I was being sarcastic, silly 

oh...i see.