PHP For Beginners

PHP is an open source object oriented programming language. PHP is server side scripting language. Easy to learn. Syntax similar to C language. Easily embedded into HTML to create dynamic web page contents. About PHP

PHP is an open source object oriented programming language.

PHP is server side scripting language.

Easy to learn.

Syntax similar to C language.

Easily embedded into HTML to create dynamic web page contents.

Website development. Command line scripting. Writing desktop applications. Use of PHP

Website development.

Command line scripting.

Writing desktop applications.

Linux. Microsoft Windows. Mac. And many others. Operating Systems

Linux.

Microsoft Windows.

Mac.

And many others.

Apache . Microsoft Internet Information Server. And many others. Webserver Support

Apache .

Microsoft Internet Information Server.

And many others.

Outputting XHTML and XML files. Outputting images, pdf files, Flash movies, etc. Abilities of PHP

Outputting XHTML and XML files.

Outputting images, pdf files, Flash movies, etc.

MySQL MS-SQL InterBase Oracle SQLite PostgreSQL And many others. Database Support

MySQL

MS-SQL

InterBase

Oracle

SQLite

PostgreSQL

And many others.

PHP supports Open Database Connection standard. Easily connect to database supporting these standards. ODBC Support

PHP supports Open Database Connection standard.

Easily connect to database supporting these standards.

String functions Array functions Date functions Math functions Large Number of Built-In Functions

String functions

Array functions

Date functions

Math functions

Joomla Drupal Coppermine Photo Gallery Wordpress Blog Popular Open Source Applications

Joomla

Drupal

Coppermine Photo Gallery

Wordpress Blog

Popular Frameworks Cake PHP Zend Framework Symfony CodeIgniter

Cake PHP

Zend Framework

Symfony

CodeIgniter

www.yahoo.com www.facebook.com www.amazon.com www.digg.com www.wikipedia.org Popular Sites Using php

www.yahoo.com

www.facebook.com

www.amazon.com

www.digg.com

www.wikipedia.org

How To Use PHP

Download from http://www.php.net/downloads.php Use XAMPP or WAMP which has Apache, MySQL and PHP in built. Installation

Download from http://www.php.net/downloads.php

Use XAMPP or WAMP which has Apache, MySQL and PHP in built.

Scripting block starts with <?php and ends with ?> Example Syntax

Scripting block starts with <?php and ends with ?>

Example

Use // for single line comment /* */ to make large comment block. Example <?php //This is a comment /* This is a comment block */ ?> Comments in PHP

Use // for single line comment

/* */ to make large comment block.

Example

<?php //This is a comment /* This is a comment block */

?>

Start with $ sign follwed by variable name. Variable name starts with (_) underscore or letter. Example : $name, $_name, etc Variables

Start with $ sign follwed by variable name.

Variable name starts with (_) underscore or letter.

Example : $name, $_name, etc

Popular Sites to Learn PHP http://www.php.net/manual/ http://www.tuxradar.com/practicalphp http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/php/php.html

http://www.php.net/manual/

http://www.tuxradar.com/practicalphp

http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/php/php.html

http://www.wikipedia.org PHP Manuals References

http://www.wikipedia.org

PHP Manuals