html vs. php

Re: html vs. php

by Enrique Castro -
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Hi Birdie,
    When you talk about "text material", are you meaning "course content"?  web pages designed for students to see and read?.

If this is the case, Moodle lets you create and introduce those materials without knowing HTML or PHP at all.  Moodle will allow any teacher who knows how to use a browser to create quite efficient "virtual  courses" and use them in actual teaching. No need to be a computer geek.

In fact, embeded scripts are stripped off from text introduced though Moodle editor. I think Moodle won't execute scripts in loaded HTML pages for security.  Maybe Martin can correct me  if I am wrong. Pages linked from external servers  will execute embeded scripts (in the remote server)

 You only need to know PHP if you want to mess with Moodle's source code (hacking or customizing it to fit your needs)

- Enrique Castro -