Getting Started with PHP
Learn how PHP is used in modern web development to create dynamic web pages for visitors.
StartKey Concepts
Review core concepts you need to learn to master this subject
Applications of PHP
Terminating a PHP Statement
PHP Keyword Case-Insensitivity
PHP Comments
Dynamic Webpages using PHP
PHP Script Execution
Embedding PHP Code
PHP echo Keyword
Applications of PHP
Applications of PHP
PHP is a server scripting language used for making dynamic web pages. That means PHP allows you to use scripts on a web server to produce a response customized for each client’s (user’s) request.
PHP is the foundation of:
- Many CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla)
- E-Commerce Platforms (WooCommerce, Magento)
- Web Development Frameworks (Laravel, CakePHP, Symfony)
Introduction to PHP
Lesson 1 of 1
- 1PHP was created in 1994 and is one of the foundational technologies of modern web development. Given all the new technologies used today, is there still a place for PHP? PHP remains one of the wid…
- 2PHP is often used to build dynamic web pages. A dynamic web page is one where each visitor to the website gets a customized page that can look different than how the site looks to another visit…
- 3In the previous exercise, we explored how PHP can be sent from the back-end to the front-end where it is received as HTML to be displayed by a browser. PHP is flexible and can also be executed fro…
- 4Sometimes, we want to include text in our files that we don’t want the computer to execute or display to the end user. We can do this with comments. Comments can be used to annotate our code to m…
- 5Before moving on, let’s take a quick look at a working PHP application. We’re going to show you an example of PHP being used on the back-end to create a dynamic website sent to the browser. When …
How you'll master it
Stress-test your knowledge with quizzes that help commit syntax to memory