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WEB PROG REVIEWER

WHAT IS PHP

- PHP (recursive acronym for


PHP: Hypertext
Preprocessor ) is a widely-
used open source general-
purpose scripting language
that is especially suited for
web development and can be
embedded into HTML.

What You Should Already Know Why PHP?


HTML - runs on various platforms
- Hypertext Markup (Windows, Linux, Unix,
Language Mac OS X,
etc.)
CSS - to support wide range of
- Cascading Style Sheets data bases

JAVASCRIPT (OPTIONAL)

- Javascript

WHAT IS A PHP FILE?

- contain text, HTML, CSS,


JavaScript, and PHP code - is free.
- have an extension “.php” Download it from
WHAT CAN PHP DO? the official PHP
resource:
- Can generate dynamic www.php.net
page content
- Can collect form data WHAT DO I
- Can use to control people NEED?
access - To begin using PHP, you
- Can encrypt data can:
- Choose a web host that
offers PHP and
- MySQL support. (Xampp,
Wampp etc.)
- Set up a web server on
your local -
computer and install PHP
and MySQL.

PHP SYNTAX

- A PHP script is executed on


the
server, and the plain HTML
result is
sent back to the browser.

BASIC SYNTAX
PHP CASE
- A PHP script can be SENSITIVITY
embedded
anywhere within the In PHP, keywords
document. - (such as if, else, while, echo,
- A PHP script begins with <? etc.),
php and classes, functions, and user-
concludes with ?> defined
- functions are not case-
sensitive.
- Example: ECHO is the same
as echo:

PHP VARIABLES

- Variables in PHP act as


"containers" for holding
information.
- Creating (Declaring) PHP
PHP FILE EXTENSION Variables In PHP, a variable is
introduced with the $ sign,
- The default file followed by the variable's
extension for name:
PHP files is
".php".
- A PHP file typically includes
both
HTML tags and PHP scripting
code.
- In the example above, the  The PHP echo statement is
variable $x will hold the often used to output
value 5, and the variable $y data to the screen.
will hold the value "CCST".
 The following example will
- Note: When you assign a text
show how to output
value to a variable, put
text and a variable:
quotes
around the value.

PHP VARIABLES

A variable can have a short name


(like $x and $y) or a
more descriptive name ($age, SUM OF TWO VARIABLES
$carname,
$total_volume).

Rules for PHP variables:

 A variable starts with


the $ sign, followed by the
name of the variable

 A variable name must start


with a letter or the VARIABLE TYPES
underscore character

 A variable name cannot  PHP has no command for


start with a number declaring a variable, and
 A variable name can only the data type depends on the
contain alpha-numeric value of the variable.
characters and underscores
(A-z, 0-9, and _ )

 Variable names are case-


sensitive ($age and $AGE are
two different variables)

PHP OUTPUT VARIABLES

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