Learning PHP (1)

This article introduces PHP to the complete beginner.

Requirements

Getting started with PHP requires:

• A web server (or other computer) running the PHP interpreter.
• A text editor, to edit source code for PHP scripts.
• Text files with the .php file extension
• Knowledge of PHP
• Knowldge of HTML and CSS

Web server with PHP interpreter

Most web servers, including the widely-used Apache HTTP Server, have the PHP interpreter pre-installed.

Text editor

You can use any text editor to edit PHP files.

PHP files

PHP files have the .php extension.

PHP and HTML

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See also

• PHP