PHP Tutorial
PHP is a powerful server-side scripting language for creating dynamic and interactive websites.
PHP is the widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft’s ASP. PHP is perfectly suited for Web development and can be embedded directly into the HTML code.
The PHP syntax is very similar to Perl and C. PHP is often used together with Apache (web server) on various operating systems. It also supports ISAPI and can be used with Microsoft’s IIS on Windows.
What is PHP?
- PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
- PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
- PHP scripts are executed on the server
- PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)
- PHP is an open source software
- PHP is free to download and use
What is a PHP File?
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PHP files can contain text, HTML tags and scripts
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PHP files are returned to the browser as plain HTML
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PHP files have a file extension of ‘.php’, ‘.php3’, or ‘.phtml’
What is MySQL?
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MySQL is a database server
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MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications
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MySQL supports standard SQL
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MySQL compiles on a number of platforms
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MySQL is free to download and use