PHP Server-Side Scripting language for Website Development

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: January 10, 2023

PHP (Server-Side Scripting language)

PHP language stands for “PHP: Hypertext Pre-processor” The most widely-used, open-source, and script language. All PHP scripts are executed on the server. It can be run on different platforms like:
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Unix
  • Mac OS X etc.
It is used for almost every server like
  • Apache
  • It also supports various types of databases.

PHP Syntax

 PHP script starts with          <?php           Code written here…          ?> The extension for PHP files is “.php”. Normally a PHP FILE contains HTML tags, and some PHP scripting code. Below, there is an example of a code, with a PHP script that uses a built-in PHP function “echo” for print out the text “Script Language” on a web page:  Example Output                 PHP Page            Script Language
Code  Comments
<html> Starting with HTML tags
<h2></h2> Head (heading 2)opening and closing of head
<?php Starting php
echo Built in function to print the text
 ?> Closing of php

Pre-requisites to PHP

Before you start your learning with PHP, you must have a little basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Best PHP Frameworks For Web Development

1. Laravel 2. Phalcon 3. Fat-Free Framework 4. CodeIgniter 5. Laminas Project 6. CakePHP 7. FuelPHP 8. Slim 9. PHPixie 10. Symfony 11. Yii  

Object-oriented PHP Exercises with solution

  1. Factorial of a number with object-oriented PHP

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