PHP Basics

So far you have learnt about prerequisites for PHP to run on your computer, installation and configuration procedures (of PHP/Apache/IIS) on linux as well as windows server. All this was the stuff which will be helping you in your further learning of PHP.

Installing Apache and PHP on Windows
Installing Apache and PHP on Linux
Installing IIS and PHP on Windows

Now let me start with the real coding part. I'll be telling you the basics of PHP which will act like the fundamental block to all the PHP's actions. This lecture series simultaneously serves as both a tutorial for novice programmers and a reference for experienced programmers who are new to the PHP language.

Specifically, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Embed PHP code into your web pages.
• Comment code using the various methodologies borrowed from the Unix shell scripting, C, and C++ languages.
• Output data to the browser using the echo(), print(), printf(), and sprintf() statements.
• Use PHP’s data types, variables, operators, and statements to create sophisticated scripts.
• Take advantage of key control structures and statements, including if-elseelseif, while, foreach, include, require, break, continue, and declare.

By the conclusion of this lecture, you’ll possess not only the knowledge necessary to create basic but useful PHP applications, but also an understanding of what’s required to make the most of the material covered in later lectures.

PHP Basics - Part 1 :: Embedding PHP Code in Your Web Pages PHP Basics - Part 2 :: Commenting Your Code PHP Basics - Part 3 :: Outputting Data to the Browser PHP Basics - Part 4 :: PHP’s Supported Data Types PHP Basics - Part 5 :: Identifiers - Variables and constants PHP Basics - Part 6 :: Expressions PHP Basics - Part 7 :: String Interpolation PHP Basics - Part 8 :: Control Structures

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