PHP FAQ
This document is intended to teach you the basics of using PHP within your web pages.
The official PHP website is also a very good place to start. In order to get the most from this document and PHP in general a very good understanding of HTML is required.
What In The World is PHP?
PHP is a scripting language similar to Perl that lets you create dynamic web pages. PHP can be inserted right into your HTML code. PHP-enabled web pages are treated just like regular HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you normally create regular HTML pages.
PHP Basics (Using PHP)
In order to use PHP you must give your html files a .php extension instead of the regular .html or .htm extension. This tells our servers that you have PHP code within your pages so we can handle them properly.
Once you have given your file a .php extension you can begin to use PHP code. PHP is placed between special comment tags within your HTML code. A typical PHP command looks like this:
<?php
print "Hello World!";
?>
Learning More
We recommend that you look at the official PHP tutorial located at:
http://www.php.net/tut.phpPHP Troubleshooting
Q - I have placed PHP code within my HTML file and I see the code in my browser window or nothing happens.
A - Make sure the extension of your HTML file .php. Also make sure you have enclosed your code between the PHP tags.
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