Welcome to PHP Tutorials

Introduction:

The term PHP is an acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. PHP is a server-side scripting language designed specifically for web development. It is open-source which means it is free to download and use. It is very simple to learn and use. The files have the extension “.php”.

Development and Components of PHP:

• Rasmus Lerdorf inspired the first version of PHP and participated in the later versions. It is an interpreted language and it does not require a compiler.
• PHP code is executed in the server
• It can be integrated with many databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, and Informix.
• It is powerful to hold a content management system like WordPress and can be used to control user access
• It supports main protocols like HTTP Basic, HTTP Digest, IMAP, FTP, and others.
• The thing that differentiates PHP from the client-side language like HTML is, that PHP codes are executed on the server whereas HTML codes are directly rendered on the browser.
• The only information that the client or browser knows is the result returned after executing the PHP script on the server and not the actual PHP codes present in the PHP file.