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PHP Introduction
What is PHP?
- PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
- PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
- PHP scripts are executed on the server
- PHP supports many databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)
- PHP is an open source software
- PHP is free to download and use
Before studying PHP you should have basic knowledge in
- HTML or XTHML
- Javasripts
For the advance user :
- Database Scripting
Question: How to start PHP page or script?
Ans: Start your PHP page by putting this symbol:
<?php --comment: this is a php start tag.
your code here...
?> --php end tag.
and save your file with the extension .php ex: myfilename.php
