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Adjusting the Script

Technically PHP is referred to as a scripting language because it issues instructions that are followed by other program's including browsers and operating systems that were originally designed to be directed by human input. A bit of a nice distinction I'd say because it has such powerful functionality and capacity for complexity just more focused on input and out put than massive number crunching.

As an irregular programmer it is always a bit of a strain to return to the analysis and modification of other people's code but we are making progress - a test product selection made it into the shopping cart yesterday. A bit of substitution was required to adapt a program intended for physical products to work well for digital content and a tweak to the database definition. Now we are focusing on tidying up the presentation and making some links work properly so that our customers will have the functionality they need.

Here is a LoFi streaming sample from our percussion arrangement of the third movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor - K478 . The rest of the Sonata and the full HiFi version are available for you to purchase and download as MP3 files for your unrestricted personal use at the Mozart page - if you are interested in any commercial applications please contact our webmaster.

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