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The document discusses the basic structure and syntax of PHP scripts. It covers embedding PHP code into HTML pages, different types of PHP code blocks like standard and short PHP tags, and how servers parse PHP pages.

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PHP Structure and Syntax

The document discusses the basic structure and syntax of PHP scripts. It covers embedding PHP code into HTML pages, different types of PHP code blocks like standard and short PHP tags, and how servers parse PHP pages.

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Creating PHP Pages

Chapter 5
PHP Structure and Syntax
Basic PHP Scripts
• Embedded language refers to code that is
embedded within a Web page (HTML/XHTML
document)
• PHP code is typed directly into a Web page as
a separate section
• Server recognizes embedded script and
executes
• A Web page containing PHP code must be
saved with an extension of .php to be
processed by the scripting engine
• PHP code is never sent to a client’s Web
browser; only the output of the processing is
sent to the browser
Basic PHP Scripts

• The Web page generated from the PHP


code, and XHTML elements found
within the PHP file, is returned to the
client
• A PHP file that does not contain any
PHP code should be saved with an .html
extension
• .php is the default extension that most
Web servers use to process PHP scripts
Creating PHP Code Blocks

• Code declaration blocks are separate


sections on a Web page that are
interpreted by the scripting engine
• There are four types of code declaration
blocks:
• Standard PHP script delimiters
• The <script> element
• Short PHP script delimiters
• ASP-style script delimiters
Standard PHP Script Delimiters
• All scripts start with <?php and end with
?>
• Program lines end in ";" or you get an
error
• Code block: { //code here } (brace
brackets)
• White space is generally ignored (not in
strings)
• Comments are created using:
• // single line quote
• /* Multiple line block quote */
The <script> Element

• The <script> element identifies a script


section in a Web page document

• Assign a value of "php" to the language


attribute of the <script> element to
identify the code block as PHP
Short PHP Script Delimiters

• The syntax for the short PHP script


delimiters is
<? statements; ?>
• Short delimiters can be disabled in a Web
server’s php.ini configuration file
• PHP scripts will not work if your Web site
ISP does not support short PHP script
delimiters
• Short delimiters can be used in XHTML
documents, but not in XML documents
ASP-Style Script Delimiters

• The syntax for the ASP-style script delimiters is


<% statements; %>
• ASP-style script delimiters can be used in
XHTML documents, but not in XML documents
• ASP-style script delimiters can be enabled or
disabled in the php.ini configuration file
• To enable or disable ASP-style script delimiters,
assign a value of “On” or “Off ” to the
asp_tags directive in the php.ini
configuration file
Parsing
• How the browser can read a text file and process it, that's a basic
parsing method.
• Browsers parse web pages as they load
• Web servers with server side technologies like PHP parse web pages as
they are being passed out to the browser
• You can embed sections of PHP inside html :
<BODY>
<p>
<?php $test = "Hello World!";
echo $test;
</p>
</BODY>

• Or you can call html from PHP :


<?php
echo "<html><head><title>Howdy</title>
…
?>
References

References :

1. Anonymous.(n.d.). Apache HTTP Server Documentation


Version 2.2. Retrieved from
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/.
2. Achour, M., Betz, F. (n.d.), PHP Manual. Retrieved from
http://www.php.net/download-docs.php.
3. Anonymous. (n.d.). MySQL Reference Manual. Retrieved
from http://downloads.mysql.com/docs/.
4. Naramore, E., Gerner, J., Le Scouarnec, Y., Stolz, J., Glass, M.
K. (2005). Beginning PHP5, Apache, and MySQL® Web
Development. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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