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PHP 5 Introduction
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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...