PHP
PHP is a server-side scripting language for creating interactive web pages. The acronym PHP derives from Personal Home Page, but now it is defined as "PHP: Hypertext Pre-Processor" (it means "something to handle data before it becomes HTML" [1] ). Unlike HTML, JavaScript and others, PHP is a Server-Side scripting language. It usually includes accompanying HTML for use in a web page. PHP is one of the most popular scripting languages in the Open Source world.
PHP is often used together with Apache on Linux or on other platforms such as Microsoft IIS on Windows.
The PHP syntax is very similar to Perl and C. [1]
PHP is an interpreted language (like Perl) and not a compiled one (like Java or C).
Databases
PHP is compatible with multiple databases, MySQL being the most popular.
Overall, PHP is compatible with:
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- MS-SQL 2000
- Oracle
and many others.
Books
- How to Do Everything with PHP & MySQL, Vikram Vaswani (McGraw-Hill, 2005)
External links
- PHP Tutorial - W3 Schools
- PHP.net - Offical PHP Website.