- * PHP is an acronym for “PHP Hypertext Preprocessor”.
- * Other Names : Personal Home Page, Professional Home Page
- * PHP is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language
- * PHP scripts are executed on the server
- * Predominantly used for generating HTML pages
Why PHP ?
- * Can easily be embedded into HTML pages
- * Interoperable
- * Runs on various platforms.
- * Supports a wide range of databases
- * PHP is free.
- * Compatible with almost all servers (Apache, IIS, etc.)
- * Features of PHP are Similar to almost all compiled languages such as C#, Java , C++
Embedding PHP in HTML Pages -Example
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo“HellowWorld!";
?>
</body>
</html>
What you need
* A Webserver (Apache, IIS, etc.)
* PHP http://php.net/manual/en/install.php
* MySQL
all required software can be easily installed by installing WAMP server.
WAMP is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/wampserver/
