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Old 04-14-2005
php question
Hi all

I am trying to learn php and have been given a set of files to play around with. Most have regular .php suffix but some have .api.php suffix. Can anyone explain the difference(if any) or relationship between the two. Are the .api.php files some sort of module. As a complete php newbie I would be grateful for any help given

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Old 04-15-2005
Hi !
The filename is not important. As long as it has an .php termination, the web server will detect it as a page with PHP code. file.api.php I don't know why the file is named like this, but probably it's just something what has to do with the programmer's own style to give names to the files. For example, I use small files that I include in my pages. Usualy, the file is something like header.inc, but this file will be readable by anyone who is viewing the file... so I rename the file as header.inc.php, so when someone try to see the file, all the variables and PHP code will be "snipped" out from the page.
So, as I sayd, .api.php is just a file like any other file. It's just the programmer's way to name that file, probably to remember him that there are some classes or something that may be included in his .php file...
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