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Lesson 2 - PHP Variables

This document provides an introduction to PHP, including: 1) PHP scripts must be enclosed in opening and closing tags like <?php ?> and output can be generated using echo or print statements. 2) Variables in PHP must begin with $ and can contain different data types, and strings can be delimited by single or double quotes. 3) Output functions like echo, print, and printf can output variable values and strings to the browser.

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Lesson 2 - PHP Variables

This document provides an introduction to PHP, including: 1) PHP scripts must be enclosed in opening and closing tags like <?php ?> and output can be generated using echo or print statements. 2) Variables in PHP must begin with $ and can contain different data types, and strings can be delimited by single or double quotes. 3) Output functions like echo, print, and printf can output variable values and strings to the browser.

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Web Architecture, Tools, and

Introduction to PHP

Slide 1
Running PHP Scripts
All php scripts must enclosed
with
<?php … ?> (standard tag)
<? … ?> (short open tag)
<script language=“php”>
….
</script> (script tag)
<% … %> (asp style tag)

OUTPUT:

Slide 19
Running PHP Scripts
opening tag for php script Statement terminator

echo – is a language construct


that use to output one or more
closing tag for php script string.

print – is a function also use for


outputting strings.

Slide 20
PHP Comments

Slide 21
PHP Variables
• Variables are used as a container for values that can be used and
manipulate PHP scripts.
• Variables in PHP must begin with a $ symbol.
• Variable might contain a string, numbers, arrays and objects.
• Setting the identifier for a variable must follow some rules.
1. First character can be ‘_’ or a letter.
2. It can only contain alpha-numeric characters and underscore
(a-z,A-Z,0-9,_).
3. Don’t use white space in naming a variable.
• Variables in PHP is not explicitly declared
• Variables are case sensitive

Example
$age, $firstName, $totalSalary, $_myValue,
$str1, $tmp01

Slide 22
Using ‘ ‘ (pair single quote), “ “ (pair double
quotes) and . (dot character) PHP
1. Strings inside the ‘ and ‘ are interpreted as literal strings
1. To display a ‘ character (single quote) as string use the
escape character \ (backslash).
2. Strings inside the “ and “ are interpreted as literal strings with
some exceptions
1. $ inside “ and “ are interpreted as variables thus it will
display the value rather than the string that starts with $.
2. To display the string that starts with $ and to display the
double quote as string use the escape character \
(backslash).
3. To concatenate string values use the . (dot or period)
character thus “abc“.”def” yields to a value “abcdef”

Slide 23
Using ‘ ‘ (pair single quote), “ “ (pair double
quotes) and . (dot character) PHP
Example: Output:

Slide 24
Outputting Data
echo syntax
void echo(string argument1[,…string argumentN]

print syntax
int print(argument)

printf syntax
boolean printf(string format [, mixed args])

Slide 25
Outputting Data
Example:

Output:

Slide 26
Commonly Used Type Specifiers for printf function

Beginning PHP and MySQL 3rd Edition by: W. Jason Gilmore pp.100

Slide 27

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