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PHP scripts are executed on the server.

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What You Should Already Know

Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:

• HTML

• CSS

• JavaScript

If you want to study these subjects first, find the tutorials on our Home page.

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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

|[pic] |PHP is an amazing and popular language! |

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| |It is powerful enough to be at the core of the biggest blogging system on the web (WordPress)! |

| |It is deep enough to run the largest social network (Facebook)! |

| |It is also easy enough to be a beginner's first server side language! |

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What is a PHP File?

• PHP files can contain text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP code

• PHP code are executed on the server, and the result is returned to the browser as plain HTML

• PHP files have extension ".php"

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What Can PHP Do?

• PHP can generate dynamic page content

• PHP can create, open, read, write, delete, and close files on the server

• PHP can collect form data

• PHP can send and receive cookies

• PHP can add, delete, modify data in your database

• PHP can be used to...