PHP is an acronym for “PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor”. It is a server-side scripting language great for web development. What this means for PHP beginners is that any php file when requested by a web browser client will perform some action on the php scripts on the server. After the action is finished executing php scripts, a file that looks very much like html syntax is returned to the browser. The PHP software is a great PHP manual free and can be downloaded at http://www.php.net.
PHP is easily combined with the database MySql. For this reason, many PHP web hosting companies offer a package with these combined features. Once you find a suitable PHP host, all you will need to do is upload your PHP files and your PHP page should work. Though other databases are also available, through my experience I find the availability of PHP web hosting companies offering the php mysql combination is very important aspect.
PHP Programming is easy to learn and the PHP scripts themselves can be inserted directly into html code. For starters, if you already have a index.html page and a PHP web host, converting it to a PHP page is as simple as changing the filename to index.php. HTML in your PHP page will not affect the resulting output. Now adding dynamic content is where you’ll need to add PHP scripts to your newly created index.php page.
Many PHP tutorials exist and I strive to provide PHP tutorials to some of the basics and more advanced topics of PHP.
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