Learning PHP 5 Book Review

• Sklar, David. Learning PHP 5. Beijing: O’Reilly, 2004.

Learning PHP 5 is an entry level book on PHP. PHP is a server side scripting language that allows one to add dynamic content to websites. In contrast from other scripting languages, such as JavaScript, PHP executes all of its operations on a server rather than on the computer of the person who is using a web page. PHP can be easily embedded into HTML. It is a very popular language because it is free, open source, cross-platform compatible, has a rather easy learning curve, and allows you to hide your code. When a client requests a PHP page from a server, the server uses a PHP interpreter to parse the request and convert the PHP program embedded in the HTML into HTML.

Book Reviews

One of the main ways that I intend to share information about archives and technology in general on this blog is through the creating book reviews and study notes as I study several books. For those interested in seeing the books I intend to review over the next few weeks, see the book review tab at the top of the page.

Welcome to NeoArch

This weblog is dedicated to supplying information about archives, library science, and technology. Actually, the real purpose of this weblog is to supply me with a place to keep my notes as I read and study in preparation for taking the Academy of Certified Archivists exam at some point in the future. I would also like to document the progression of my thoughts on the science of archives as they develop over time. It is my hope that others will find my work useful. I believe that this site could particularly be helpful to new archivists or to student workers within archives on college campuses.