Web programming language PHP was 20 years old yesterday and to celebrate Ben Ramsey wrote about his history with the language, and invited others to do the same.
I know I’m a day late but I’d like to share my story too.
In 2002 my friend Tim Prater had developed a website platform for 8 Liberal Democrat groups and approached me for help expanding it. He was using classic ASP but I chose to rewrite in PHP because it was cheaper and seemed more robust.
The Sandgate Business Forum website offers free listings to all local businesses and also co-ordinates a free business email list to update businesses on forthcoming local events and news. Prater Raines put together the site, including the design and branding, which has then been reflected elsewhere in the Sandgate Community – from street flags to the Sandgate Parish Council website.
Updated 14/11/2016 – site moved to WordPress and new tools added.