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PHP is a scripting language mostly used on web servers. It has approximately 40% market share and is actively maintained as an open-source project. To get started with PHP, it needs to be installed on a web server and configured via the php.ini file. Code is embedded in HTML files with <?php ?> delimiters. The "Hello World" equivalent is phpinfo() which outputs details about the PHP installation. Comprehensive documentation is available at http://php.net/manual.

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PHP is a scripting language mostly used on web servers. It has approximately 40% market share and is actively maintained as an open-source project. To get started with PHP, it needs to be installed on a web server and configured via the php.ini file. Code is embedded in HTML files with <?php ?> delimiters. The "Hello World" equivalent is phpinfo() which outputs details about the PHP installation. Comprehensive documentation is available at http://php.net/manual.

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PHP: Get Started

What is PHP?

Christian Wenz
@chwenz
Agenda

 Why PHP?

 Installing PHP

 PHP Quick Start


I've never thought of PHP as more
than a simple tool to solve
problems.

— Rasmus Lerdorf
Why PHP?

 PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (http://php.net/)

 Scripting language, mostly used on web servers

 Market share: approximately 40% (!)

 In the TIOBE Programming Community Index Top 10 since 1999

 Runs on virtually any web server and platform

 Supports virtually any database

 Open-source, actively maintained

 Great supply of talent


History of PHP

 1994: Rasmus Lerdorf started working on what would later become


PHP

 1995: Release of version 1.0, named “Personal Home Page Tools (PHP
Tools)

 1998: Release of PHP 3 with parser rewritten by Zeev Suraski and Andi
Gutmans

 2000: Release of PHP 4, powered by new core, “Zend Engine”

 2004: Release of PHP 5 (including improved OOP support)

 2009: Release of PHP 5.3 (instead of PHP 6)


Installing PHP

 http://php.net/downloads.php provides access to the source code and


external links to binary packages

 Official Windows binaries: http://windows.php.net/

 All-in-one installer: https://www.apachefriends.org/


 Sets up PHP, Apache, MySQL, and more

 Detailled installation instructions in the online manual:


http://php.net/install
Configuring PHP

 php.ini configuration file (usually in the PHP installation directory)

 Used for PHP settings, and to load extensions

 Usually a server restart is required for changes to take effect


PHP Quick Start

 PHP code is (usually) embedded into HTML files, or in its own PHP file

 File extension: .php (unless configured otherwise)

 <?php and ?> as delimiters


 Other options exist, but are not recommended

 Code output appears exactly where the code was


“Hello World”

 PHP provides the luxury version of “Hello World”

 phpinfo()

 Outputs a lot of data about the PHP installation


 Version information
 Configuration options and settings
 Installed extensions
 Server environment variables

 Can also be used to find out what the hosting partner has provided
Documentation

 Available at http://php.net/manual

 Shortcut: http://php.net/abc, e.g.


 http://php.net/phpinfo
 http://php.net/install
 http://php.net/install.windows

 Also available for download (and offline browsing)


Summary

 PHP is the most popular server language for the web

 PHP runs on all relevant server operating systems

 phpinfo() provides all information about the current PHP


installation

 The PHP manual at http://php.net/manual provides a great


documentation of the language and its extensions

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