best way to include content

jamesmorris86 · 2 Oct 2009 at 20:06

hey guys, i havn't really maintened a website for about 6 years, and back then everyone used to use php to call there pages, the whole /?page=news sorta thing.

just trying my hand at a new website now, and wondering what is the best way to display my content now, is it still php like this? or is there a different way?

cheers for any tips guys

unwashed potato! · 3 Oct 2009 at 01:16

think the recommended way on these forums is to go with the com/news route instead and then include things like header etc.

djkav · 3 Oct 2009 at 08:19

Hi, it really depends on your web server.

If its a Linux server then its likely to be PHP. You may even find some hosts who support Mono .Net.

Windows Servers still use ASP and nearly all of them will prolly have .Net.

Most people now use .Net for web development due to its huge power and feature list

. Unless your coding a small personal site quickly then PHP/ASP is quicker and simple.

Mono .Net is an open source copy of .Net. It can be installed on Linux, Mac and Windows machines and Servers.

URL rewritting is really powerful and easy in .Net.

suarve · 3 Oct 2009 at 10:00

djkav said:
Hi, it really depends on your web server.

If its a Linux server then its likely to be PHP. You may even find some hosts who support Mono .Net.

Windows Servers still use ASP and nearly all of them will prolly have .Net.

Most people now use .Net for web development due to its huge power and feature list . Unless your coding a small personal site quickly then PHP/ASP is quicker and simple.

Mono .Net is an open source copy of .Net. It can be installed on Linux, Mac and Windows machines and Servers.

URL rewritting is really powerful and easy in .Net.

Oh right?????

RobH · 3 Oct 2009 at 11:30

If you can't be bothered with writing everything from scratch then use a framework such as CakePHP or Kohana which gives you all of the infrastructure to manage common tasks.