Coding College

In this tutorial I will explain:
•What PHP is…
•What PHP does…
•And some common questions about PHP.

PHP stands for Hypertext PreProssesor.

PHP is basically a server-side scripting language used to create dynamic, interactive and fun websites, that can fulfill any needs possible.

The PHP scripting language is very similar to Perl and C. PHP is often and almost always used together with Apache on many, many operating systems. The PHP language also supports ISAPI and can be used with Microsoft’s IIS on Windows.

PHP supports a wide variety of databases including adabas d, dbase, empressm filepro, mysql, and many more. Using php with databases is one of the most common reasons for using php.

Installing PHP.

The most easy and common ways of downloading the latest versions of php you can go to PHP.net’s download page. Once you have downloaded the .zip file you can just follow directions that they include with it.

Before you ask any questions let me go through some popular questions that get asked about PHP…

What is PHP?

• PHP stands for the following: Hypertext PreProssesor.
• PHP is basically a server-side scripting language similar to ASP, PERL, and C.
• PHP scripts are always and have to be executed on a server.
• PHP is an Open Source Software (OSS).

What are PHP files?

• PHP files can contain and run HTML files, XHTML files, and scripts.
• PHP files must have a .php, .php3 or .phtml endings in order to run properly.