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WHAT IS PHP ?



WHAT IS PHP ?

PHP stands for PHP: hypertext preprocessor. It's an open source language used to develop web applications with rich graphical user interface and having a huge of support of open source user communities. The scripts written in this language are executed on server. 
php is scripting language,
PHP is a server-side scripting language designed primarily for web development but also used as a general-purpose programming language. Originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994,PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page

php generally used PHP code may be embedded into HTML code, or it can be used in combination with various web template systems, web content management systems and web frameworks.

PHP 3 and 4
On May 22, 2000, PHP 4, powered by the Zend Engine 1.0, was released, As of August 2008 this branch reached version 4.4.9. PHP 4 is no longer under development nor will any security updates be released
PHP 5
On July 13, 2004, PHP 5 was released, powered by the new Zend Engine II.
PHP 5 is Object oriented programming and consistent interface for accessing databases.Over time, PHP interpreters became available on most existing 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems,


php is scripting language,
PHP is a server-side scripting language designed primarily for web development but also used as a general-purpose programming language. Originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994,PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page


php generally used PHP code may be embedded into HTML code, or it can be used in combination with various web template systems, web content management systems and web frameworks.


PHP 3 and 4

On May 22, 2000, PHP 4, powered by the Zend Engine 1.0, was released, As of August 2008 this branch reached version 4.4.9. PHP 4 is no longer under development nor will any security updates be released

PHP 5

On July 13, 2004, PHP 5 was released, powered by the new Zend Engine II.
PHP 5 is Object oriented programming and consistent interface for accessing databases.Over time, PHP interpreters became available on most existing 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems,


PHP 6 and Unicode

a PHP 5.3 release was created in 2009, with many non-Unicode features back-ported from PHP 6, notably namespaces. In March 2010,
Initial hopes were that a new plan would be formed for Unicode integration, but as of 2014 none have been adopted.


PHP 7

During 2014 and 2015, a new major PHP version was developed, which was numbered PHP 7.
Because of major internal changes in phpng, it must receive a new major version number of PHP, rather than a minor PHP 5 release, according to PHP's release process

a PHP 5.3 release was created in 2009, with many non-Unicode features back-ported from PHP 6, notably namespaces. In March 2010,
Initial hopes were that a new plan would be formed for Unicode integration, but as of 2014 none have been adopted.

PHP 7
During 2014 and 2015, a new major PHP version was developed, which was numbered PHP 7.
Because of major internal changes in phpng, it must receive a new major version number of PHP, rather than a minor PHP 5 release, according to PHP's release process

WHAT ARE THE Prerequisites?

One should know HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT and MYSQL and also one should know at least basic programming & database concepts.
 
WHY SHOULD I USE PHP?

It is easy to learn. So it's an simple and reliable platform for the new webbies to start developing web applications having minimum programming skills. A php script can embed with HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY, AJAX, MYSQL etc. It runs on various platforms like windows, Linux, UNIX, mac os x etc. It supports almost all servers used today like Apache, IIS etc and popular databases like MySQL, SQLite, sqlitepo, postgres, Sybase etc and most important it's free. We can download it from http://www.php.net

 
WRITE YOUR FIRST SCRIPT?
 
<html>

<head>

<title>My PHP Script </title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "<h1>Hello Welcome to the world of PHP</h1>";
?>
</body>
</html>
 

Comments

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