What is PHP?

PHP is a server side scripting language. that is used to develop Static websites or Dynamic websites or Web applications. PHP stands for Hypertext Pre-processor, that earlier stood for Personal Home Pages.

PHP scripts can only be interpreted on a server that has PHP installed.

The client computers accessing the PHP scripts require a web browser only.

A PHP file contains PHP tags and ends with the extension “.php”.

Php Syntax

 

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A PHP file can also contain tags such as HTML and client side scripts such as JavaScript.

  • HTML is an added advantage when learning PHP Language. You can even learn PHP without knowing HTML but it’s recommended you at least know the basics of HTML.
  • Database management systemsDBMS for database powered applications.
  • For more advanced topics such as interactive applications and web services, you will need JavaScript and XML.
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