Happy 10th PHP

[drew010]

Don't know if anyone noticed, but today (June 8th 2005) is exactly 10 years since PHP Version 1.0 was released.
We should all be thankful to Rasmus for creating it all that time ago and making it free, and also the the numerous developers who have made it what it is today, and a big thanks to the Zend creators, Andi and Zeev.

[Jason Batten]

*wipes tear from eye and claps

Oh! *sniff, that was beautiful!

[vaaaska]

Do the archives go back that far? Whoa...

[dalecosp]

Thanks for the pointer, drew010!

Rasmus: thanks for getting PHP off the ground! Wonder if ya thought it would prove so popular? Oh well, I could Google® for the answer, but then, it'd be better to use search.yahoo.com (http://search.yahoo.com), right? Keep on keepin' on with O.S.!

Zeev, Andi: although it's likely a sin() (because we know all min() is_finite()), maybe we should gather round() and $_GET down() on the floor() to echo() our thanks for the pow(er) you have provided us poor web geeks . . . thanks for Zend, the Engine, and the Platform, and Studio, and many bugs squashed in 10 years...

To everyone involved: thanks for php.net, the manual, SOAP, CURL, the CLI (ooh, love that!), sockets, OOP support in v5, etc., etc. In short, for making PHP Rock!

All right youse guys, get on the bandwagon and sign the thread . . . I'll send it to the appropriate mail addies later today . ..

[Elizabeth]

<--- starts pouring the free beer for the biggest PHParty ever. Thankfully, Molson (http://www.molson.com/home/) supports our cause by coding their site in PHP.

To the PHP Gurus: thanks for giving all of us an alternative to the norm, and allowing us to revel in "the dark side" :)

Now, who's first?

[BuzzLY]

/me starts up a round of 872 Bottles of Beer on the Wall (http://www.ultimatespin.com/projects/bob.php?num=872)...

Drink up!!!

:)

[leatherback]

Hey Buzz,

Now we know where the buzz comes from.. 872 bottles of beer.. I asked for 1000 bottles, and got shouted at :(

[BuzzLY]

Yeah, sorry... I had to put that check in. When I first wrote if for the contest, people were putting in outrageous numbers, and causing the server to take a load off for a while. My ISP didn't like that :)

At least the program still spells out the number you enter -- try putting in 43 bazillion! :D

[dalecosp]

Well, the party's started. Here in the Central US, it's after 7 p.m., so off goes a mail to the guys at Zend* and Mr. Lerdorf. Of course, he's probably in California, so he might even still be at work!

Thanks again for PHP, dudes! From some folks who've benefitted from your work, and even some starting-to-get famous authors of a book on the subject!

Well, I sent it to Zeev's publicly available email, IYKWIM. And asked him if he'd forward it to Andi. What a cheap jerk I am . . . *maybe*, just **maybe**, they'll see this sometime next year . . . :rolleyes:

[Moonglobe]

:D

/partay :p

[Weedpacket]

The paper hats and strumpets are on me!

[BuzzLY]

Can we put butter on our strumpets?

[leatherback]

Originally posted by BuzzLY
Can we put butter on our strumpets?

Butter? Where does that come from?

Hey buzz, a friend of mine is having his birthday soon. Is this page going to stayu: Can I offer him 999 bottle of beer at least?

J

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by leatherback
Butter? Where does that come from? <?php

$ingredients = array("milk", "cream", "salt");

function go_up() {
raise_handle();
}
function go_down() {
lower_handle();
}
function churn($ingredients) {
$pour_in=implode('',$ingredients);
while (!$butter) {
if ($up) {
go_down();
} elseif ($down) {
go_up();
}
if ($ct>1250) {
$ct=0;
$butter=peek_into_churn();
}
$ct++;
}
return true;
}

$makin_butter=churn($ingredients);
?>As you can see, it is a rather long, repetitive and somewhat boring process. Perhaps we had best leave it to the strumpets . . .

[leatherback]

if($makin_butter)
{
echo "Anybody hungry?";
}
else
{
echo "Somebody has tooo much time!";
}

[BuzzLY]

Originally posted by leatherback
Hey buzz, a friend of mine is having his birthday soon. Is this page going to stayu: Can I offer him 999 bottle of beer at least?

J Absolutely. That page has been there for a while, and I don't have any plans to move it.

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by BuzzLY
Can we put butter on our strumpets? I don't see why not; but wouldn't they get soggy?

[vaaaska]

Let's bbq some ASP.net and MS manuals.