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PHP Language is a server-side scripting language, which means you need to upload your PHP files to your server before any execution.

Before Learning PHP:

Before learning some PHP, you should have a basic idea of the following language:

• HTML/XHTML
• JavaScript

If you need some knowledage for HTML/XHTML and JavaScript, check out home page for related tutorials.

What is PHP?

PHP means PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, it is a server-side scripting language, just like Microsoft’s ASP, you need to upload your PHP scripts before execute them.PHP supports many kinds of databases (MySQL, Generic ODBC, PostgreSQL, Solid, Sybase, Oracle, Informix, etc.)PHP is a very open source software, whenever need help, you can check the official website PHP.net, the last thing, PHP is a free software for download and use.

What is a PHP File?

• PHP files allow text, Html scripts and PHP scripts
• PHP files can be executed and returned to browser plain HTML
• PHP files have extension of “php”, “phtml” or “.php3″

What is MySQL?

• MySQL is a database server
• MySQL is perfect for tiny, small and large web applications
• MySQL supports for standard SQL
• MySQL supports for lots of platforms
• MySQL is totally free to download and use, you can download Mysql from the official website: www.mysql.com

PHP + MySQL

• PHP plus MySQL supports many platform (you can use serve on a Unix platform and Windows)

Why Choose PHP?

• PHP supports many platforms (Unix, Linux, Windows, etc.)
• PHP is compatible with most servers nowadays (IIS, Apache, etc.)
• PHP is totally free to download from official PHP website: www.php.net
• PHP is very easy to learn and runs efficiently on php server side

Where to Start Learning PHP?

To get access to PHP supported web server, you can:

• find a web hosting plan with MySQL and PHP supported
• Install IIS ( or Apache ) on your own server, install MySQL and PHP