An Introduction to PHP's Basic Concepts

PHP is a reflective programming language originally designed for producing dynamic web pages. It is used mainly in server-side scripting, but can be used from a command line interface or in standalone graphical applications. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly.

Salient Features of PHP - Hypertext Preprocessor

• Support for object-oriented programming
• The PHP Data Objects extension, which defines a lightweight and consistent interface for accessing databases
• Performance enhancements
• Better support for MySQL
• Embedded support for SQLite
• Integrated SOAP support
• Data iterators
• Error handling via exceptions
  

PHP and HTML interact a lot: PHP can generate HTML, and HTML can pass information to PHP. PHP is perfectly suited for Web development and can be embedded directly into the HTML code. PHP generally runs on a web server, taking PHP code as its input and creating Web pages as output, however it can also be used for command-line scripting and client-side GUI applications. PHP can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge.

How to get PHP setup?
You can download PHP from any of the members of the PHP network of sites. These can be found at »PHP.Net You can also use anonymous CVS to get the absolute latest version of the source.
PHP can compatible with IIS and Apache.

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How PHP is related with MySQL?
Both MySQL and PHP are open source.PHP and MySQL combine to be an easy yet powerful way to create dynamic web pages that actually interact with your visitors. PHP contains various methods to connect to MySQL.

PHP Classes and Object:
PHP's handling of objects has been completely rewritten, allowing for better performance and more features.