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A comment in any computer program (such as a PHP program) is a certain explanatory text that is ignored by the language compiler/interpreter. Its purpose is to help the user understand the logic used in the program algorithm. Although placing comments in the code is not essential, it is a highly recommended practice. The comments…

Conventionally, learners write a “Hello World” program as their first program when learning a new language or a framework. The objective is to verify if the software to be used has been installed correctly and is working as expected. To run a Hello World program in PHP, you should have installed the Apache server along…

The syntax rules of PHP are very similar to C Language. PHP is a server side scripting language. A PHP code is stored as a text file with “.php” extension. A “.php” file is essentially a web page with one or more blocks of PHP code interspersed in the HTML script. However, it must be…

PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is an open-source server-side scripting language primarily used for web development. PHP can be embedded into HTML code. PHP is mainly used for server-side scripting, which runs scripts on the web server and then forwards the HTML they process to the web browser on the client. This makes it possible for programmers…

PHP started out as a small open-source project that evolved gradually as more and more people found out how useful it was. Rasmus Lerdorf released the first version of PHP way back in 1994. At that time, PHP stood for Personal Home Page, as he used it to maintain his personal homepage. Later on, he…

You can start learning the basics of programming in PHP with the help of any of the online PHP compilers freely available on the Internet. This will help in getting acquainted with the features of PHP without installing it on your computer. Later on, install a full-fledged PHP environment on your local machine. One such…

PHP started out as a small open source project that evolved as more and more people found out how useful it was. Rasmus Lerdorf released the first version of PHP way back in 1994. Initially, PHP was supposed to be an abbreviation for “Personal Home Page”, but it now stands for the recursive initialism “PHP:…

PHP is an open-source general purpose scripting language, widely used for website development. It is developed by Rasmus Lerdorf. PHP stands for a recursive acronym PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. PHP is the world’s most popular server-side programming language. Its latest version PHP 8.2.8, released on July 4th, 2023. PHP is a server-side scripting language that is…