What is PHP?

allena · 06-24-2008, 03:10 AM

Please anybody tell me about PHP. and the applications used in PHP.

weblord · 06-24-2008, 03:16 AM

Quote:

What is PHP?

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. If you are new to PHP and want to get some idea of how it works, try the introductory tutorial. After that, check out the online manual, and the example archive sites and some of the other resources available in the links section.

http://php.net/
you can download it from here
http://www.php.net/downloads.php

allena · 06-24-2008, 03:24 AM

thanks for your reply.
Please tell me PHP runs on which server?

weblord · 06-24-2008, 03:25 AM

usually runs on unix linux but also runs on windows
see
http://www.php.net/downloads.php

cancer10 · 06-24-2008, 04:45 AM

There you go...

allena · 08-14-2008, 04:15 AM

Originally Posted by weblord

http://php.net/
you can download it from here
http://www.php.net/downloads.php

Ok,

How can i open a file in php to write content in the file?

Joe · 08-14-2008, 04:47 AM

It's a normal file, with the extension as '.php'

priyakochin · 08-14-2008, 04:59 AM

PHP is hypertext preprocessor
Its a server side scripting language.
More details : http://www.php.net/
Its platform independent.

netzilla · 08-14-2008, 07:37 AM

PHP = A Web Developer's Dream! Its a highly function server side scripting language that can almost do anything. Awesome for but not limited to: form handling, content management, user registration, login management (cookies/sessions), parsing rss feeds, etc. I could go on and on but if you are serious about it I would most definitely take the time to learn it.

If PHP is peanut butter...then...MySQL would be the jelly. Together they can make one heck of a good sandwich.

**Gene** · 08-14-2008, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by netzilla

If PHP is peanut butter...then...MySQL would be the jelly. Together they can make one heck of a good sandwich.

THAT has got to be my favorite quote of the week

netzilla · 08-14-2008, 01:44 PM

I liked it so much I added it to my sig...

fatratstew · 08-17-2008, 03:34 PM

I you want to learn it, check out the website in my sig.

/selfPromotion

kbweb · 08-23-2008, 11:15 AM

In layman's terms:

Static sites are made from HTML. When you type the web address you get the code that is in the file at that address. Nothing changes.

PHP is a server-side language. You never see it in the code of the web page. It is in the file on the server but when the server reads the file if it finds PHP it does whatever the code says, which may include inserting some HTML code. It takes the static HTML code and adds the HTML code from PHP and shows you the result.

Example:

<body>
Welcome
Two plus two is
<?php $number = 2+2;
echo $number; ?>

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/programming/485319-what-is-php.html
</body>

Turns into:

<body>
Welcome
Two plus two is 4
</body>

You never see the actual code (inside <?php ?>).

maximum · 08-23-2008, 12:19 PM

kbweb, If that doesn't put the basics where folks can understand, nothing would

**Mark** · 08-23-2008, 02:01 PM

It's a Religion ...

Some say even a Cult , But I like the Kool-Aid.

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kbweb NamePros Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 118	In layman's terms: Static sites are made from HTML. When you type the web address you get the code that is in the file at that address. Nothing changes. PHP is a server-side language. You never see it in the code of the web page. It is in the file on the server but when the server reads the file if it finds PHP it does whatever the code says, which may include inserting some HTML code. It takes the static HTML code and adds the HTML code from PHP and shows you the result. Example: <body> <p>Welcome</p> <p>Two plus two is <?php $number = 2+2; echo $number; ?> </p> ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/programming/485319-what-is-php.html </body> Turns into: <body> <p>Welcome</p> <p>Two plus two is 4</p> </body> You never see the actual code (inside <?php ?>). Last edited by kbweb; 08-23-2008 at 06:54 PM.

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