PHP tutorial introduction

This tutorial will teach you how to use PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) to help creating dynamic and more user interactive websites. Before learning PHP it is important to be familiar wit...

General information about PHP installation

A PHP parsing engine may be installed on most of the mainstream servers in the Internet environment. The list below presents the main operating systems that offer servers supportin...

How to install Apache 2.x server

In this chapter we are going to explain how to install Apache 2.x server. Unix platform UNIX - Apache is installed with a few commands on

How to install IIS 7.x server

In this chapter we are going to explain how to install IIS 7.x server. IIS only works with the Windows platform. Microsoft windows already supports II...

How to install PHP Macintosh server

In this chapter we are going to explain how to install PHP on a Mac platform. PHP may be installed on Mac in two different ways, a package installation and a bundle install...

Basic configuration of a PHP

This chapter is an introduction into a PHP configuration and how to start with it. These are basic pointers regarding the PHP configuration files:

PHP Syntax

PHP syntax is easy to learn. The code always starts with <?php and ends with ?>. Those delimiters tell a server that the code wrapped inside is a PHP code.

Constants in PHP

Constants in PHP are assigned values that cannot be changed during the script. A constant i...

Variables in PHP

Variables in PHP store values that can be changed in the script multiple times and read the values when a call upon the variable is made. Variables starts with a do...

Echo and Print statements

Echo and print statements are used to bring the result on the screen of a given string (a viariable, a function, etc...). Both, echo and ...