PHP Introduction

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PHP is a server-side scripting language.

What You Should Already Know

Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:

HTML/XHTML

JavaScript

If you want to study these subjects first, find the tutorials on our

Home page.

What is PHP?

PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid,

PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)

PHP is an open source software

PHP is free to download and use

What is a PHP File?

What is MySQL?

PHP + MySQL

PHP combined with MySQL are cross-platform (you can develop in

Windows and serve on a Unix platform)

Why PHP?

PHP runs on different platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.)

PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.)

PHP is FREE to download from the official PHP resource:

http://www.zjjv.com/

PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side

Where to Start?

To get access to a web server with PHP support, you can:

Install Apache (or IIS) on your own server, install PHP, and MySQL

Or find a web hosting plan with PHP and MySQL support

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