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The document explains how to comment code in PHP, detailing single-line and multi-line comment formats, as well as the significance of whitespace and case sensitivity in PHP. It also covers the structure of statements and expressions, the use of braces for grouping statements, and how to run PHP scripts from the command prompt. Additionally, it highlights the importance of variables for storing information within PHP programs.

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FDSRR

The document explains how to comment code in PHP, detailing single-line and multi-line comment formats, as well as the significance of whitespace and case sensitivity in PHP. It also covers the structure of statements and expressions, the use of braces for grouping statements, and how to run PHP scripts from the command prompt. Additionally, it highlights the importance of variables for storing information within PHP programs.

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Commenting PHP Code

A comment is the portion of a program that exists only for the human reader and
stripped out
before displaying the programs result. There are two commenting formats in PHP:
Single-line comments: They are generally used for short explanations or notes
relevant to
the local code. Here are the examples of single line comments.
<?
# This is a comment, and
# This is the second line of the comment
// This is a comment too. Each style comments only
print "An example with single line comments";
?>
Multi-lines printing: Here are the examples to print multiple lines in a single
print
statement:
<?
# First Example
print <<<END
This uses the "here document" syntax to output
multiple lines with $variable interpolation. Note
that the here document terminator must appear on a
line with just a semicolon no extra whitespace!
END;
# Second Example
print "This spans
multiple lines. The newlines will be
output as well";
?>
Multi-lines comments: They are generally used to provide pseudocode algorithms and
more
detailed explanations when necessary. The multiline style of commenting is the same
as in C.
Here are the example of multi lines comments.
<?
/* This is a comment with multiline
Author : Mohammad Mohtashim
Purpose: Multiline Comments Demo
Subject: PHP
*/
print "An example with multi line comments";
?>
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PHP is whitespace insensitive
Whitespace is the stuff you type that is typically invisible on the screen,
including spaces,
tabs, and carriage returns (end-of-line characters).
PHP whitespace insensitive means that it almost never matters how many whitespace
characters you have in a row.one whitespace character is the same as many such
characters.
For example, each of the following PHP statements that assigns the sum of 2 + 2 to
the
variable $four is equivalent:
$four = 2 + 2; // single spaces
$four <tab>=<tab2<tab>+<tab>2 ; // spaces and tabs
$four =
2+
2; // multiple lines
PHP is case sensitive
Yeah it is true that PHP is a case sensitive language. Try out the following
example:
<html>
<body>
<?
$capital = 67;
print("Variable capital is $capital<br>");
print("Variable CaPiTaL is $CaPiTaL<br>");
?>
</body>
</html>
This will produce the following result:
Variable capital is 67
Variable CaPiTaL is
Statements are expressions terminated by semicolons
A statement in PHP is any expression that is followed by a semicolon (;).Any
sequence of valid
PHP statements that is enclosed by the PHP tags is a valid PHP program. Here is a
typical
statement in PHP, which in this case assigns a string of characters to a variable
called
$greeting:
$greeting = "Welcome to PHP!";
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Expressions are combinations of tokens
The smallest building blocks of PHP are the indivisible tokens, such as numbers
(3.14159),
strings (.two.), variables ($two), constants (TRUE), and the special words that
make up the
syntax of PHP itself like if, else, while, for and so forth
Braces make blocks
Although statements cannot be combined like expressions, you can always put a
sequence of
statements anywhere a statement can go by enclosing them in a set of curly braces.
Here both statements are equivalent:
if (3 == 2 + 1)
print("Good - I haven't totally lost my mind.<br>");
if (3 == 2 + 1)
{
print("Good - I haven't totally");
print("lost my mind.<br>");
}
RunningPHP Script from Command Prompt
Yes you can run your PHP script on your command prompt. Assuming you have the
following
content in test.php file
<?php
echo "Hello PHP!!!!!";
?>
Now run this script as command prompt as follows:
$ php test.php
It will produce the following result
Hello PHP!!!!!
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The main way to store information in the middle of a PHP program is by using a
variable.
Here are the most important things to know about variables in PHP.

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