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Day 1 PHP Introduction

This document provides an introduction and overview of PHP. It discusses that PHP is an open-source scripting language used for web development and can be embedded into HTML. Key points covered include that PHP is free, runs on web servers, is installed on over 20 million websites, and supports object-oriented programming. The document also mentions the common LAMP stack configuration of Apache, MySQL, and PHP. It provides examples of basic PHP programs and covers PHP data types, comments, and installing XAMPP to run PHP on Windows.

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Day 1 PHP Introduction

This document provides an introduction and overview of PHP. It discusses that PHP is an open-source scripting language used for web development and can be embedded into HTML. Key points covered include that PHP is free, runs on web servers, is installed on over 20 million websites, and supports object-oriented programming. The document also mentions the common LAMP stack configuration of Apache, MySQL, and PHP. It provides examples of basic PHP programs and covers PHP data types, comments, and installing XAMPP to run PHP on Windows.

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Day 1

PHP Introduction
Geshan Manandhar
Developer,
Young Innovations Pvt. Limited
www.geshanmanandhar.com

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What is PHP
► PHP, which stands for “PHP: Hypertext
Preprocessor”.
► PHP is a widely-used Open Source general-
purpose scripting language.
► It is especially suited for Web development
and can be embedded into HTML.
► It was originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf
in 1995.
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More About PHP
► PHP is free software released under the PHP
License.
► PHP typically runs on a web server that
takes PHP as input and gives out HTML
pages as output.
► PHP is installed on more than 20 million
websites and 1 million web servers.
► PHP has a syntax similar to C and Java.
► The current version of PHP is 5.2.x.
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Features of PHP
► Itis Free and Open
source.
► Easy to learn but hard
to master.
► Connects with 20+
databases.
► Version 5+ supports
OOP.
► Multi-platform
compatible.
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The LAMP Stack

► Apache is the web server.


► MYSQL is the database server.
► PHP is the backend coding language.
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PHP Trend

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What will you learn

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Software required to run PHP on
Windows
► XAMPP
 X- for all platforms (windows, linux…)
 A- Apache web server
 M- MYSQL with PHPMyAdmin
 P- PHP
 P- Perl
► That’s
all you need you must have good IDE
to code.
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IDEs for PHP development
► IDE – Integrated Development Environment
 Adobe Dreameweaver
 Notepad++
 Zend Development Studio
 PHP Eclipse

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Ways to code your PHP website or
web Application

Source: http://geshan.blogspot.com

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Basic PHP Program
► Helloworld
► X:\xampp\htdocs\my_folder\first_prog.php

<?php //starting delimeter


echo “Hello world”; //print hello world
?>

Add some complication:


<?php
$message = “Hello world”;
print $message;
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?>
Delimiter, tags and comments
► <?php //php code ?> - long tag
► <? ?> - short tag
► <% %> - ASP style not preferred
► <script language="php">
        //php tag
    </script> - uncommon
► <?= ?> - shortcut for echo
► //line comment
► /*
block comment
*/
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PHP Data Types
► Boolean
► Integer
► Float
► String
► Array
► Objects

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Another simple program
► Simple price calculation
<?php
$qty = 5;
$price = 10000;
$amt = $qty*$price;

echo “Rs. “.number_format($amt, 2);


?>
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Lets Install XAMPP
► Letsinstall XAMPP and run 2 programs
► Ask questions.

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