[Phpwm] PHP or JavaScript

[Lester Caine]

Mo Awkati wrote:
> Hi All
>
> /* This is not intended to fuel a heated debate about which is better! */
>
> I just need to be clear in my mind as to which is appropriate to use and
> when. I recognise that one is server side and the other is browser side.
> I see both as tools in a toolbox and therefore use as appropriate.
>
> The way I see them: JavaScript for presenting web pages, PHP for data
> handling and processing.
>
> Am I on the right tracks? I would welcome your thoughts on this, if you
> can give me an example/s where one is more appropriate to employ than
> the other, or indeed where they both live happily together! Obviously
> there are areas where they overlap.

If you want to do something in the browser, like display a calendar drop down, 
or check data before passing it back to the server - you need Javascript.

Everything else is done in the server using PHP ..... But PHP creates html 
content which is what is sent to the browser, including any javascript and css 
information needed for the browser to display the page.

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