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Author: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
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Subject: Re: HTML, CSS and PHP
Resident PHP expert? Your too kind!! I'm sure there more than a few PHP
people on this list that can out pace me. I'm just the most vocal.

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On 2024-07-02 14:12, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is a question for our resident PHP expert Keith Smith, but others
> please feel free to chime in...
>
> In what ways, if any, is knowledge of HTML and CSS valuable to a PHP
> programmer?
>


I would say that a PHP developer must know the full stack. That does not
mean that one needs to be an expert in all areas.

To answer your question a PHP developer MUST know how to integrate PHP
in HTML. That does not mean the PHP programmer needs to be an expert in
HTML.

I think a PHP developer needs some basic knowledge of CSS. As a PHP
developer I rarely create a template for a website. I am not artistic
in that way. I've always worked with the design and what the designer
provides. Having said that I had to make some minor changes to the
template (HTML/CSS).

This could be an entire white paper.

Here is my opinion.

There is too much to know to learn it all before beginning.

I suggest getting some familiarity with:

HTML (including making a template responsive)
CSS
Linux
Apache and / or Nginx
MySQL
PHP
JavaScript
AJAX

Add to this the developer should be using something like VirtualBox or
Proxmox and be able to install a Linux server and install onto that a
LAMP configuration.

The programmer needs to know a bit of networking and be able to
configure a static IP on his/her VM and understand how to use the
windows and Linux host file to create a local net for testing. That
includes using something like .local as a TLD.

That is my opinion. I'd like to hear from others.

Keith
















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