PHP Tutorial
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. Start learning PHP now!
PHP References
At W3Schools you will find complete references of all PHP functions:
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Array functions Calendar functions Date functions Directory functions Error functions Filesystem functions Filter functions FTP functions HTTP functions LibXML functions Mail functions Math functions Misc functions MySQL functions SimpleXML functions String functions XML Parser functions
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Zip functions
Introduction to PHP
PHP is a server-side scripting language.
What You Should Already Know
Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following: • HTML • Some scripting knowledge If you want to study these subjects first, find the tutorials on our Home page.
What is PHP?
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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 PHP files are returned to the browser as plain HTML PHP files have a file extension of ".php", ".php3", or ".phtml"
What is MySQL?
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MySQL is a
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