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I guess PHP programmers should never expect anything more than a backhanded compliment. I just love how any topic that just contains the word PHP immediately gets a comment on how awful it is - even if PHP isn't really involved in it.



How is PHP not really involved? It's all the built-in PHP functions! Do you just mean it's not a PHP Group project?


PHP isn't really involved because this is only "like" PHP. It has no PHP in it. As far as I know from a quick skim.


It doesn't run in PHP, but it borrows function signatures from PHP's core library. One of the most common complaints about PHP is that the core library is messy and inconsistent.

edit: I didn't mean to sound so negative. I think this is pretty cool if taken for what it is. Despite the messiness of PHP's libraries, they are well documented and cover a lot. The string, date, and array libraries in particular are quite useful.


Dude, the echo function contains an XML parser. That is truly something only a PHPer would do. It's art, man!




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