PHP, part two - four things

Four things to take away from today’s session, PHP part two:

  • both built-in and user-defined functions are possible in PHP;
  • arrays can contain lists of data;
  • there are built-in functions which can sort and output specified data within an array;
  • the period is used for concatenation in PHP. Bonus takeaway: apparently programmers love to have long flame wars about what is and isn’t Object Oriented Programming, and whether it’s good or evil!
Nick Patterson

Author: Nick Patterson

I’m a music librarian in the Music & Arts Library, and also manage the Digital Music Lab there. I am a graduate in Composition from New England Conservatory, and still active as a composer. I have strong interests in the intersection of music and technology, the history of electronic music, and sound in the digital humanities. New York’s, and Columbia’s, musical riches mean that I will probably never leave this city. I’ll be looking at the impact of the development of the subway on Morningside Heights (and trying to include recordings of screeching trains!)