what's easier to learn, Mysql/php or HTML?

[rnmcd]

well?

 

[n0cmonkey]

http://forums.anandtech.com/ca...5421199&entercat=y

 

[Evadman]

Probably HTML, but PHP really requires a basis in HTML, so I would start with HTML anyway.

 

[aplefka]

HTML, but PHP is a lot better.

 

[PlatinumGold]

what is the basis for comparison? html is just tags, php is programming.

 

[johnjbruin]

HTML is a joke.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
what is the basis for comparison? html is just tags, php is programming.

 

[rnmcd]

enough said...I am too dumb for programming,

 

[AFB]

You should know HTML before starting PHP.

 

[SunnyD]

Um, to make a webpage with PHP, you still need to know HTML.

 

[ironcrotch]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
You should know HTML before starting PHP.

 

[AFB]

Who the hell voted PHP/MySQL ?

 

[sciencewhiz]

Is it easier to walk or run?

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz
Is it easier to walk or run?

Or levitate?

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

HTML is easy.

 

[jjones]

PHP/MySQL isn't too difficult but HTML is very easy, and as others have pointed out, most applications will require HTML output so you'll need to know that beforehand.

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Who the hell voted PHP/MySQL ?

Perl programmers.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: Entity

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Who the hell voted PHP/MySQL ?

Perl programmers.

I should have known:|

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
You should know HTML before starting PHP.

 

[rnmcd]

are there PHP editors like there are HTML editors.

WYSIWYG probably doesn't work for php, huh.

 

[jjones]

I use PhpEd but it's not free. It's not a WYSIWYG editor but it's a complete IDE package, with lots of helpful tools for writing and debugging code, and much better than just using a plain text editor.

Edit: But unless you are doing complex projects or numerous projects, a plain text editor is all that you need really.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

They have two different purposes, you just can't decide based on which is easier

HTML is a method to display things over the internet. Mysql is a type of database and PHP is a programming language commonly used with PHP.

HTML will be easier because there is far less to learn about it. Honestly, I wouldn't waste ANY TIME on HTML, just go grab Dreamweaver or something similar and that should be all you need. There, you've got HTML covered, now go learn PHP/MYSQL. You will learn a whole lot more with php and mysql

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: rnmcd
are there PHP editors like there are HTML editors.

WYSIWYG probably doesn't work for php, huh.

PHP is a programming language. Here's an example:

You tell a program to add 1 to the number 5. PHP can do that. Once PHP has done that, the result is 6, it then can create an HTML page with the number 6.

PHP is for processing data, HTML is for displaying it

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: jjones
I use PhpEd but it's not free. It's not a WYSIWYG editor but it's a complete IDE package, with lots of helpful tools for writing and debugging code, and much better than just using a plain text editor.

Edit: But unless you are doing complex projects or numerous projects, a plain text editor is all that you need really.

Yeah, I reccomend starting with Notepad, wordpad, or TextPad, which you can download online

 

[whoiswes]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Um, to make a webpage with PHP, you still need to know HTML.