PHP Tutorial and Download

PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a powerful server side scripting language. Well... this simply means that the script is run on your web server and therefore as a user you do not need to worry about compatibility issues.

It was originally developed to produce dynamic web pages but with passage of time it’s now used in creating dynamic and interactive websites from a command line interface or from a standalone graphical application or more often than not mainly from a server side scripting.

Because it's an open source license, it’s considered to be a free software that can be widely used and modified or copied by the end users therefore effectively making it an alternative to competitors like Microsoft’s ASP. You can download it for free here

What you can be able to do.

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that may contain text, html tags and scripts, its syntax is very similer to Perl. If you already have a basic understanding of HTML / XHTML and some scripting knowledge then this is what you can be able to do:

1. Server-side scripting. This is the traditional and main target field for PHP. You will need three things to do this, CGI or server module, a web server and a web browser.

2. Command line scripting. Ideal for scripts regularly executed for simple text processing tasks.

3. Writing desktop applications. For advanced users but probably not the very best language to create a desktop application with a graphical user interface.

If you’d like more information on what you can and can’t do with this scripting language, you can click here to learn more.

Tutorial.

On the other hand if you are new to Hypertext Preprocessor and want
to get some idea of how it works, if you want to open up huge new possibilities for your website by spicing it and enhance your visitors experience by incorporating features like guestbooks, counters, feed
back forms, message boards and many more then consider taking some
free tutorials here

The only important thing to remember is that your web host will need to have your server activated to support Hypertext Preprocessor, that is it can support all files ending in .php.

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