Discussing the differences between PSP OO and PHP OO.
PSP: Pascal Server Pages
PHP: Pre Hypertext Processor
Below are some small comparision examples. Generally, it's best to compare real world
larger examples.. but this gives you some idea.
PHP code (#1):
if (isset($some1)) {
echo "This showing text.";
}
Pascal CGI code (#1):
if some1 <> nil then
writeln('This showing text.');
PHP with OO (#1):
if ($something->dostuff) {
echo "This some text.";
}
Pascal CGI with OO (#1):
if Something.DoStuff then
WriteLn('This some text.');
PHP OO snippet (#2):
<?php
class coolclass
{
private
$some1 = "hello";
public
function getVar()
{
return $some1;
}
}
// and now our program code block
$obj = new coolclass();
echo $obj->getVar();
?>
Note: php requires you use brackets to launch getVar, and you can initialize the
"hello" string inside the class interface (which can crowd the class interface up
sometimes and is not always recommended).
On the other hand, in FPC/Delphi you initialize the string variable in the
constructor instead of in the class declaration, and brackets do not have to be used
to launch a function.
Pascal CGI OO snippet (#2):
type
TCoolClass = class
private
some1: string;
public
function GetVar: string;
end;
constructor TCoolClass.Create;
begin
some1:= 'hello';
end;
function TCoolClass.GetVar: string;
begin
result:= some1;
end;
var Obj1: TCoolClass;
// and now our program code block
begin
Obj1:= TCoolClass.create;
writeln(Obj1.GetVar);
end.
Other differences with Pascal CGI:
-all source code comments stay on the developer's
computer. No source code or comments get uploaded
to the server.
-only the program gets uploaded to the server
-if someone hacks into your server, all they see is a
bunch of binary files and no source code. With php,
once they get in they see all passwords,source code,
and source code comments.
-uploads will take longer, however one can use
programs with ini files of his own, and HTML files
which he can change on the fly, without recompiling
a program and uploading.
-For serious web apps, the amount of extra time it
takes to upload a program versus the source code is
not a big issue. Uploading your source code may be
faster for you, but the customer gets the
interpretter hit and you have your source code wide
open to hackers.
-The pascal CGI code will be re-usable in your Delphi,
Freepascal, Lazarus applications. PHP code is not
re-usable.. unless you are using something like a
PHP compiler of some sort to build programs. Or you
honestly use PHP at the command prompt for shell
scripts, or you actually create and use php GTK apps.
-Re-using existing offline software code that you
programmed months or years ago with Pascal is possible.
Whereas with PHP you have to use code that's pretty much
for the web only. If there is a php compiler that is
viable in the future, and people are actually using PHP
to create offline software applications, this could change.
Then it will be only a matter of taste, language
preference, community attitude, etc.
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