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Phpmysql 03 Variables

The document discusses variables in PHP and MySQL. It defines variables as structures that can store quantitative and text-based information. It notes that variable names must start with a letter or underscore, followed by optional letters, numbers, or underscores. The document provides examples of printing text and variables to the screen using echo and print statements, and demonstrates assigning values to variables for use in calculations and output. It also discusses variable naming rules and case sensitivity in PHP variables.

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Phpmysql 03 Variables

The document discusses variables in PHP and MySQL. It defines variables as structures that can store quantitative and text-based information. It notes that variable names must start with a letter or underscore, followed by optional letters, numbers, or underscores. The document provides examples of printing text and variables to the screen using echo and print statements, and demonstrates assigning values to variables for use in calculations and output. It also discusses variable naming rules and case sensitivity in PHP variables.

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PHP MYSQL

Lecture 03: Variables


 The fundamental units of every
programming language are
variables.
 The variable is a structure in
programming that may be used for
storing both quantitative and text-
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based information. Science
 The contents of a variable can be
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changed during program execution,
and variables can be compared and Lecturer Yasir A. Mohamed
modified using operators
Cont..
 Integers, floating point numbers, strings, arrays, and
NULLs are just a few of the variable types that PHP offers.
 The language may automatically detect the variable type
based on the way in which it is being used.
 Declaring variables is not required. Every variable has a
name, which must start with a letter or underscore
character and is followed by the dollar ($) sign.
Cont..
 optionally followed by more letters, numbers, and
underscores.

 For example, $oneday, $one_day, and $ONEDAY are all


valid PHP variable names, while $123 and $48hrs are
invalid variable names
Cont..
 Variable names in PHP are case-sensitive; For example:
$count is different from $Count or $COUNT.
 Saving form input in variable PHP can be used for creating
dynamic websites.
 In a dynamic website, user can interact with website by
providing text or by selecting options.
 Form is one of the quickest and easiest ways to add
interactivity to our website.
Rules for PHP variables:
 A variable starts with the $ sign, followed by the name of
the variable
 A variable name must start with a letter or the underscore
character
 A variable name cannot start with a number
 A variable name can only contain alpha-numeric
characters and underscores (A-z, 0-9, and _ )
 Variable names are case-sensitive ($age and $AGE are two
different variables)
Example 01 Variables
 PHP echo statement is often used to output data to the
screen.
 The following example will show how to output text and
a variable:
 The variable value will be the name Semesterka Lixaad
and the variable name will be $text
 Lets practically exercise this below example
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Example 02 Variables
 The following example will output the sum of two
variables:
 Now we are trying to assign two variable $num1 and
$num2 and values 20 and 50
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Example 03 Variables
 In PHP, variable names are case sensitive.
 So variable name "color" is different from Color, COLOR,
COLor etc
Example
Three
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PHP echo and print
Statements
 echo and print are more or less the same. They are both
used to output data to the screen.
 The differences are small:
 echo has no return value
 while print has a return value
 echo can take multiple parameters
 while print can take one argument.
 echo is a little bit faster than print.
CLASS PRACTICE
1. Write a program to print “Hello PHP” using php variable?
 You can not use text directly in echo but can use
variable.
2. Write a program to print “Welcome to the PHP World”
using some part of the text in variable & some part
directly in echo.
 You have to use a variable that contains string “PHP
World”.
CLASS PRACTICE
3. Write a program to print 2 php variables using single echo
statement.

 First variable have text “Good Morning.”


 Second variable have text “Have a nice day!”
 Your output should be “Good morning. Have a nice
day!”
 You are allowed to use only one echo statement in
this program.
CLASS PRACTICE

4. Write a program to print “Hello World” using echo


only?
 You can not use any variable.
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