PHP is a open source, interpreted and object-oriented scripting language i.e. executed at server side. It is used to develop web applications.
- PHP is a server side scripting language
- PHP is an interpreted language, i.e. there is no need for compilation.
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PHP is an object-oriented language.
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PHP is an open-source scripting language.
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PHP is simple and easy to learn language.
PHP Features
There are given many features of PHP.
- Performance: Script written in PHP executes much faster then those scripts written in other languages such as JSP & ASP.
- Open Source Software: PHP source code is free available on the web, you can developed all the version of PHP according to your requirement without paying any cost.
- Platform Independent: PHP are available for WINDOWS, MAC, LINUX & UNIX operating system. A PHP application developed in one OS can be easily executed in other OS also.
- Compatibility: PHP is compatible with almost all local servers used today like Apache, IIS etc.
- Embedded: PHP code can be easily embedded within HTML tags and script.
PHP Example
In this tutorial, you will get a lot of PHP examples to understand the topic well. The PHP file must be save with .php extension. Let’s see a simple PHP example.
File: hello.php
- <!DOCTYPE>
- <html>
- <body>
- <?php
- echo “<h2>Hello by PHP</h2>“;
- ?>
- </body>
- </html>
Output:
Hello by PHP
Web Development
PHP is widely used in web development now a days. Dynamic websites can be easily developed by PHP. But you must have the basic the knowledge of following technologies for web development as well.
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- AJAX
- XML and JSON
- JQuery
