Introduction to PHP

[jerrylewis15]

PHP said PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor ... PHP is a server-side scripting language such as ASP PHP scripts are executed on the server ... PHP supports a variety of databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, SYBASE, Solid, PostgreSQL, and generic ODBC, etc.) ... PHP is an open source software ... PHP is free to download and use. PHP files can contain text, HTML tags and scripts PHP files return to pure HTML browser ... PHP file extension "PHP", "PHP3 is.", or "in PHTML". PHP runs on different platforms (in Windows, Linux, UNIX, etc.)PHP is a server that is compatible with almost all currently used (Apache, IIS, etc.) PHP is easy to learn to run on the server side...

[callumrathbone]

Thank you very much for given me some basic information of PHP. It is very useful for me because right now I learn this language. This is very hard language according to me because I never use scripting language. But it is open source so I can find any thing. Please give me more detail information and if you have some basic tutorial or program so please send me. thanks in advance.

[watson123]

Thanks for sharing the introduction of php

[allanbroomfield]

Since the Internet is packed with millions of acronyms, PHP is another one! PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor. Yes the acronym is recursive and for the purpose of this class, we will just call it “PHP”.

PHP is a scripting language and is very similar to c, Java and perl. PHP allows the programmer to dynamically generate content instead of statically like regular HTML. These tutorials will cover uses of PHP from simple data processing of forums to parsing a page for relevant information.

[sowmya]

PHP is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

The best things for using PHP, it is extremely simple for a newcomer, but offers many advanced features for a professional programmer.

With PHP, helps in choosing an operating system and a web server since it supports all major operating systems, including Linux, many Unix variants , Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, RISC OS, and probably others.

If you are in the search for the platform which provides best PHP tutorials then I would recommend Learnsauce (http://www.learnsauce.com).

At Learnsauce subscribers get access to the tutorials with source code for FREE.

[evelyn]

Thanks for the short intro. I'm just not fully convinced about the "easy to learn part". But I've thought myself the basics of HTML and CSS and I'm learning to use WordPress, so I want to learn some PHP basics this year.

Coding is quite hard at the beginning but I feel that once you get the hang of it it gets easier

[jaysh4922]

If you're doing a small to medium web project, PHP is probably more convenient and easier.

For larger projects,.net is more suitable as it is an Object-Oriented language. PHP is moving that way, but not really there yet.

But most of the user used php because PHP runs everywhere..NET does not.PHP free but .net not..

[evelyn]

Thanks for the info Jaysh :) I will start learning PHP when I have a bit more time. I've heard that it's not that difficult to learn, but somehow I just don't seem to have a very techy mindset.

Do you know a good book or online tutorial for learning PHP? And maybe even a bit of Magento and MySQL? I'm creating a business website and would also like to include a small online shop soon.

[jhonsmith123]

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML

[daviddakarai]

PHP is a server side scripting language that is embedded in HTML. It is used to manage dynamic content, databases, session tracking, even build entire e-commerce (http://www.innasoft.in/ecommerce-development-services.html) sites.

[Olin Lamanna]

The faster a new application enters the market, the higher your cost-efficiency and the greater your competitive advantage.

[StefGibson]

You are sharing good basic information about PHP. it will really helpful to php learner.

[Rajdeep Bose]

It is really a nice and helpful piece of information. I’m happy that you shared this useful info with us.Thanks for sharing.

[christopher12]

PHP is a programming language that can do all sorts of things: evaluate form data sent from a browser, build custom web content to serve the browser, talk to a database, and even send and receive cookies (little packets of data that your browser uses to remember things, like if you're logged in to Codecademy).

[ehostingpk]

PHP(hypertext Preprocessor) is a server side scripting programming language.
for produce dynamic Web pages. It can be easily integrated with HTML and SQL to produce these dynamic web pages.