PHP Tutorial: Learn PHP Programming from Basics to Advanced
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This language can be referred to as the king of the web development world in the category of server side languages. Websites developed with PHP Development India have covered around 75% of all the servers hosting different websites. Many well-known websites are known to have been programmed with this language, like the Wikipedia, WordPress and a part of the Facebook that users are able to see. Being a server-side language, the code written is processed before the display of the final page to the user, where this language is combined with MySQL for database related functions.
PHP is a server scripting language and a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages. PHP is a widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft's ASP. PHP 7 is the latest stable release.
About This Tutorial
This tutorial has been prepared for the beginners to help them understand the basic to advanced concepts of PHP programming language.
Target Audience
- Students who are pursuing BCA, MCA, B.E/B.Tech (CS/IT/EC/EE/ME/Civil/Any other discipline)
- Students who have "PHP Programming" in their curriculum
- Candidates who wish to switch from service-based companies to product-based
- Candidates who want to continue their career as PHP developer
- Candidates who are passionate about coding
What is PHP?
- PHP is an acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor"
- PHP is a widely-used, open-source scripting language
- PHP scripts are executed on the server
- PHP is free to download and use
Why PHP?
- PHP runs on various platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, etc.)
- PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.)
- PHP supports a wide range of databases
- PHP is free. Download it from the official PHP resource: www.php.net
- PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side
Basic PHP Code
<span class="pln"> </span><span class="dec"><!DOCTYPE html></span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="tag"><html></span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="tag"><body></span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun"><?</span><span class="pln">php echo </span><span class="str">"My first PHP script!"</span><span class="pun">;</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">?></span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="tag"></body></span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="tag"></html></span><span class="pln"> </span>