In Part 1 and Part 2 of this tutorial, we covered the basics of PHP how it operates under the hood. We also gave an introduction to the basic data types like arrays that are available to be used in PHP. In Part 3 here, we continue with our introduction to PHP by covering the basics behind resources and strings.

Echo is one of the basic functions in PHP, you should get acquainted with it if you want to learn PHP.

A general introduction to PHP, what it is, some benefits it has, how to output text to your pages, setting variables and a little more.

In this tutorial you will learn about PHP Syntax - Syntax for Writing a script, Scripts VS. File and Comments

This is an introductory article on PHP programming. Some of main topics covered include: Variables, Strings, Arrays, Comparison Operators, and Control Structures.

This tutorial provides some technical background on a LAMP server, database design and normalization of a MySQL database, and an approach to developing admin screens for a fictional game site, as a learn-by-example application, illustrating the issues a developer should consider when designing and coding a php/MySQL database driven website.

In Part 1 of this tutorial, we pretty much covered the basics of PHP; what it is, its basic data structures, and how it can be used in web development projects. If you did not read Part 1, you might want to check it out before you continue reading. In Part 1, we left off with the standard variables type available in PHP and how PHP does automatic type casting under the hood for your. In Part 2 here, we begin to explore some of the more advanced features of PHP, including Arrays.

This tutorial introduces some of the basic programming skills required if you are going to try and learn to use PHP. We will go over a little about what PHP is and talk about some of the basic styles of programming. Please understand that this tutorial is part of a series, and may change somewhat in the future, as it is a work in progress. The author trusts that it will be valuable and informative in your learning experience.

This is a solid introduction to using PHP's build-in directory handling functions. It includes code examples used to create an array of filenames based on a directory structure, and filtering out different types of files.

In this tutorial, you'll learn the basics of PHP. ALso explained is a typical situation in which you can use PHP.