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Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts) Sat Mar 30, 2013, 04:41 PM Mar 2013

reviving the 'php sucks' debate.. it's like Bank of America.. [View all]

hey i know it's silly to claim that one language sucks, when they all suck to some degree. but after steeping in y'know, usable languages for the last few years, trying to get my head back into php for a wordpress plugin is not going well. it's depressing to be frank.

PHP is the COBOL of the internet age and they're both like BoA..

too big to fail.

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reviving the 'php sucks' debate.. it's like Bank of America.. [View all] Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 OP

the $ugliness-> strikes me every time. nt napoleon_in_rags Mar 2013 #1

It's not the php as much as it is the wordpress plugin Merlot Apr 2013 #2

actually working with wordpress api Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #3

One of the reasons I dislike WP is the lack of good plugins Merlot Apr 2013 #4

yeh it's work.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #5

"Never mess with WP again." music to my ears Merlot Apr 2013 #6

What usable language? Ruby? DaveJ Apr 2013 #7

negate? no, but mediate? definitely. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #8

I'm not opposed to switching frameoworks DaveJ Apr 2013 #9

yep no point switching horses midstream.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #11

Does {{ item }} in that example usually contain a single variable or HTML output? DaveJ Apr 2013 #12

yeh be careful that sounds dangerous.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #13

I suppose nebenaube Apr 2013 #10

haha very funny dr. jones. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #14

I know that I'd prefer to work in Perl over PHP. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #17

Now that's just weird... nebenaube Jul 2013 #18

PHP arachadillo May 2013 #15

yeh there's no doubt that for all it's faults.. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #16

hrumph... nebenaube Jul 2013 #19