This article will show you the basics of a PHP program with several simple examples. It starts with HTML output and progressively builds up to variables, control structures, and looping.
PHP is a freely available, HTML-embedded scripting language that lets you embed special tags to create your script right in an HTML file. PHP can be integrated into the Web server itself, eliminating the need to start up a separate CGI program to generate the Web page, which can lead to dramatic performance increases on some systems. This article describes how PHP came into existence, introduces some PHP basics, then shares some useful, instructive scripts to get you started.
The quickest way to learn PHP is to start using it and see what happens. This tutorial starts by diving right into the good old "Hello World" script you may have seen when learning other languages. Then, it presents another example that writes a Tip of the Day on your Web page using file and random functions.
This is a short introductory tutorial on PHP by the official PHP Web site. Explains what it is, what it looks like, what it can be used for. Also includes external links to other useful PHP-related sites.
This introductory Web tutorial covers: The detail definition of PHP, The basic PHP Syntax, Creating a simple and a multipage forms in PHP, How to use cookies with PHP, Date and time functions, and more.
This excellent five-page tutorial introduces you to the world of PHP3 programming and Web database interfacing with MySQL. Main topics include: The definition of PHP, How to use HTML forms and variables with PHP, MySQL database interfacing, Outputting data from MySQL, and more.
Explains what is PHP, and how it works with examples using a dynamic NetSafe Color chart and an Access database connection using ODBC. Also, includes links to other PHP-related sites.
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