About the Tutorial

The PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is a programming language that allows web
developers to create dynamic content that interacts with databases. PHP is
basically used
for developing web-based software applications. This tutorial will help you
understand the
basics of PHP and how to put it in practice.
Audience
This tutorial has been designed to meet the requirements of all those readers who
are
keen to learn the basics of PHP.
Prerequisites
Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding of
computer
programming, Internet, Database, and MySQL.
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Table of Contents
About the
Tutorial ..........................................................................
.................................................................. i
Audience...........................................................................
................................................................................ i
Prerequisites......................................................................
............................................................................... i
Copyright &
Disclaimer.........................................................................
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Table of
Contents ..........................................................................
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PART 1: LEARNING
PHP ...............................................................................
................................ 1
PHP ─
Introduction.......................................................................
.............................................................2
Common Uses of
PHP................................................................................
......................................................2
Characteristics of
PHP ...............................................................................
......................................................3
"Hello World" Script in
PHP................................................................................
.............................................3
PHP ─ Environment
Setup .............................................................................
............................................4
PHP Parser
Installation ......................................................................
..............................................................4
PHP Installation on Linux or Unix with
Apache ............................................................................
...................4
PHP Installation on Mac OS X with
Apache ............................................................................
.........................6
PHP Installation on Windows NT/2000/XP with
IIS ...............................................................................
..........7
PHP Installation on Windows NT/2000/XP with
Apache.............................................................................
....8
Apache Configuration for
PHP................................................................................
.......................................10
PHP.INI file
Configuration......................................................................
........................................................11
PHP ─ Syntax
Overview...........................................................................
................................................15
Escaping to
PHP................................................................................
.............................................................15
Commenting PHP
Code ..............................................................................
...................................................16
PHP is whitespace
insensitive........................................................................
................................................16
PHP is case
sensitive..........................................................................
............................................................17
Statements are expressions terminated by
semicolons.........................................................................
.......17
Expressions are combinations of
tokens.............................................................................
..........................17
Braces make
blocks ............................................................................
...........................................................17
Running PHP Script from Command
Prompt.............................................................................
....................18
PHP ─ Variable
Types .............................................................................
.................................................19
Integers...........................................................................
...............................................................................20
Doubles............................................................................
..............................................................................20
Boolean............................................................................
..............................................................................20
NULL ..............................................................................
................................................................................21
Strings............................................................................
................................................................................21
Variable
Naming ............................................................................
................................................................24
PHP –
Variables..........................................................................
....................................................................24
PHP Local
Variables .........................................................................
..............................................................24
PHP Function
Parameters.........................................................................
.....................................................25
PHP Global
Variables..........................................................................
...........................................................25
PHP Static
Variables..........................................................................
.............................................................26
PHP ─
Constants..........................................................................
............................................................27
PHP ─ Operator
Types..............................................................................
...............................................29
Arithmetic
Operators..........................................................................
...........................................................29
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Comparison
Operators..........................................................................
.................................................