Basic Knowledge About PHP

Do you know what is PHP ?
Here some basic things about PHP.
If you know the  C/C++, HTML,CSS & JavaScript than it will be more easier to understand PHP ?

• PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP.
• PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
• PHP is an open source software.
• it's free to download and use.
• PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.).

How Can you understand the PHP files ?

• PHP files can contain text, HTML tags and scripts.
• PHP files are returned to the browser as plain HTML.
• PHP files have a file extension of ".php", ".php3", or ".phtml"

Example:

Let's talk about MySQL:

• MySQL is a database server.
• It's ideal for both small and large applications
• MySQL supports standard SQL.
• It's free to download and use.

Why we learn PHP  ?
PHP runs on different platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.).
It's compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.).
It's FREE to download from the official PHP resource: www.php.net
PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side.