PHP tutorials 1.0

1.0 PHP Basics

1. PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor.
2. PHP is the most popular scripting language on the web.(Best example for the use of PHP is Facebook)
3. It is an open software and free to download.However i shall recommend you to use XAMPP server which includes: 
   
   • Apache
   • Mysql 
   This two are must when we get going with PHP
   
   

   PHP File

   • PHP files can contain text, HTML tags and scripts.

   • PHP files are returned to the browser as plain HTML . 

   • PHP files have a file extension of ".php", ".php3", or ".phtml"(Most often .php).

    APACHE 

   • It is use to convert php pages to plain html pages and display on browser as browser can read only html pages. 

   MYSQL

   • MySQL is a database server
   • MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications