PHP Hypertext
Preprocessor is a server
Programming language, and a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive
Web pages but also used as a
general-purpose programming language. Originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994.
PHP originally stood for Personal
Home Page, but it now stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
PHP
code may be embedded into HTML code, or it can be used in combination
with various web template
systems, web content management system and web
frameworks.
Server-side scripting is a technique used in web development which
involves employing scripts on
a web server which produce a response customized
for each user's (client's) request to the website.
- PHP files can contain text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP code
- PHP code are executed on the server, and the result is returned to the browser as plain HTML
- PHP files have extension ".php"
- PHP runs on various platforms (Windows, Linux etc.)
- PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache etc)
- PHP supports a wide range of databases.
- PHP is free to download and use. Download it from the official PHP resource: www.php.net
- PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side.
Example :-
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "<h1>Hello, PHP!</h1>";
?>
</body>
</html>
<title>PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "<h1>Hello, PHP!</h1>";
?>
</body>
</html>
