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    What is PHP?

    Earlier it was Personal Home Page


    PHP == ‘Hypertext Pre-processor’
    Open-source, server-side scripting language
    Used to generate dynamic web-pages
    It was created in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf.
    Various built-in functions allow for fast
    development
    Compatible with many popular databases
    Why PHP?
    Easy to learn
    Best suited for rapid application devp.
    Easy to implement
    Run on most every platform.
    It is free
    Website and Web page
    A website is a business way to
    communicate
    A web page is a plain text document with
    formatting instruction of HTML, which is
    interpreted by web browser.
    Web pages transferred and accessed by
    HTTP.
    Web server
    Web server can be refer as a computer
    hardware or software application that can
    be helps to deliver the content that can be
    accessed through the Internet.
    Use of Web Server is to host website,
    data storage and enterprise applications.
    World Wide Web
    In 1994 Tim Berners- Lee decided to
    constitute the www.
    To regulate and development of
    technologies i.e HTML, HTTP.
    Where PHP can used
    PHP is used in combination of various
    code web application systems, web
    frameworks.
    We can made E-commerce, web
    management software and so on..
    Best Live example is PHP.
    What is required
    1. Laptop/Computer
    2. Text Editor(Notepad++,Dreamweaver,
    Sublime).
    3.Wamp or Xampp Server
    4. Web Browser (Crome or Firefox)
    What does PHP code look like?
    Structurallysimilar to C/C++
    Supports procedural and object-oriented paradigm
    (to some degree)
    All PHP statements end with a semi-colon
    Each PHP script must be enclosed in the reserved
    PHP tag

    <?php
    …
    ?>
    Comments in PHP
    Standard C, C++, and shell comment symbols

    // C++ and Java-style comment

    # Shell-style comments

    /* C-style comments
    These can span multiple lines */
    Variables in PHP
    PHP variables must begin with a “$” sign
    Global and locally-scoped variables
    ◦ Global variables can be used anywhere
    ◦ Local variables restricted to a function
    or class
    Certain variable names reserved by PHP
    ◦ Form variables ($_POST, $_GET)
    ◦ Server variables ($_SERVER)
    ◦ Etc.
    Variable usage & echo
    <?php
    $Fee = 25; // Numerical variable
    $Text = “Hello”; // String variable

    $Fee= ($foo * 7); // Multiplies foo by 7


    $Text = ($Text * 7); // Invalid
    expression
    ?>

    The PHP command ‘echo’ is used to output


    the parameters passed to it
    ◦ The typical usage for this is to send data to
    the client’s web-browser
    PHP Control Structures
     Control Structures: Are the structures within a language that all
    us to control the flow of execution through a program or script.
     Grouped into conditional (branching) structures (e.g. if/else)
    and repetition structures (e.g. while loops).
     Example if/else if/else statement:

    if ($res == 0) {
    echo ‘The variable res is equal to 0’;
    }
    else if (($res > 0) && ($res <= 5)) {
    echo ‘The variable res is between 1 and 5’;
    }
    else {
    echo ‘The variable res is equal to’.$res;
    }
    If ... Else...
     If (condition)
    { <?php
    If($user==“John”)
    Statements;
    {
    echo “Hello John.”;
    }
    }
    Else Else
    {
    { echo “You are not John.”;
    }
    Statement;
    ?>
    }
    While Loops
    While (condition)
    <?php
    $count=0;
    { While($count<3)
    {
    Statements; Print “hello PHP. ”;
    $count += 1;
    } // $count = $count + 1;
    // or
    // $count++;
    ?>

    hello PHP. hello PHP. hello PHP.


    PHP - Forms
    •Access to the HTTP POST and GET data is
    simple in PHP
    •The global variables $_POST[] and $_GET[]
    contain the request data
    <?php
    if ($_POST["submit"])
    echo "<h2>You clicked Submit!</h2>";
    else if ($_POST["cancel"])
    echo "<h2>You clicked Cancel!</h2>";
    ?>
    <form action="form.php" method="post">
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
    <input type="submit" name="cancel" value="Cancel">
    </form>
    First PHP script
     Save as sample.php:
    <!– sample.php -->
    <html><body>
    <strong>Hello World!</strong><br />
    <?php
    echo “<h2>Hello, World</h2>”;
    ?>
    <?php
    $myvar = "Hello World";
    echo $myvar;
    ?>
    </body></html>
    Create your own homepage

    Login page
    Registration Page
    Validation Page
    Admin Page
    Home Page
    Static Website
    Static Website
    Advantages
    Easy to development
    Cheap to development
    Cheap to host
    Disadvantages
    Require web development expertise to
    update site.
    Changes and updates are very consuming
    Site not as useful for the user
    Dynamic Website
    A site whose construction is controlled by
    an application server processed by server-
    side scripts.
    ◦ Pages of the website are not coded saved
    separately.
    ◦ The design/template (look and feel) is saved
    separately.

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