The difference between CSS, HTML, and PHP?

[LC Interactive]

What is it? I need your' opinion.. whats better to have a site coded with?

- HTML with integrated CSS
- Pure CSS
- PHP
- All in 1 site.

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I was having this argument with a guy in a game, and he was saying that PHP is way more modern then HTML w/ CSS integrated. I was argueing that CSS alone is more advanced and better then PHP merging it with HTML in my mind better then PHP.
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So whats your' opinions?!?

[wasahobo]

I would have to say it all depends on what the site is for.

if you want something like Newegg.com - Buy Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more! then your site cant be XHTML and CSS, you need PHP. But if you are looking to make like a standard site, then why bother with PHP when XHTML and CSS can do it all.

[Sean]

i prefer xhtml/css more than anything else. If i have a site that has under 20 pages and doesnt need dynamic content then i will stick to XHTML/CSS.

IF i need to do a site which has hundreds of pages then i will use XHTML/CSS/PHP/mySQL, and i will also use all of these if my client has little understanding of web design and need a control panel to add content on the fly.

So overall XHTML/CSS by itself u cant go wrong at all, plus you can optimise alot better for SEO

[Fragalot]

you can optimize with php aswell, if you create the website with SEO in mind.

[Sean]

yes u can with url rewrites, for example this forum which is using search engine friendly URL's instead of default vbulletin strings, im saying its more efficient to use XHTML/CSS without this hassle if u can. For larger sites of cause this wont be possible.

[Fragalot]

php, however, makes the website ALOT easier to manage.

let's say you want to change your header tags.. easy, just edit 1 file (depending on how you coded it.)

for the html website, you need to change each and every page.

and for the search engine friendly url's..
that's just because VB failed at doing it properly in the first place

[Sean]

On a larger site yes, for a site under 10 pages not really.
Since coding sites without tables, i have no longer needed to use PHP includes because i have found if coded proberly i can call upon headers and footers using CSS.

For members that do u want to use PHP includes read this tutorial:
[PHP] Creating Headers and Footers

[ICY]

PHP is an awsome tool for any site. Doesn't matter if it is small, it still makes managing a site allot easier.

[Monk]

Its fairly obviuos to me what the difference is. The spelling, there all spelt differently

[Sean]

lol and the part that HTML is easy and PHP is a little bit more harder