Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional

© Frank M. Kromann 2018

Frank M. KromannBeginning PHP and MySQLhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6044-8_3

3. PHP Basics

Frank M. Kromann¹ 

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Aliso Viejo, CA, USA

 

You’re only two chapters into this book and already quite a bit of ground has been covered. By now, you are familiar with PHP’s background and history, and you have reviewed the language’s key installation and configuration concepts and procedures. What you’ve learned so far sets the stage for the remaining material in this book: creating powerful PHP-driven websites! This chapter initiates this discussion, introducing a great number of the language’s foundational features. Specifically, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Embed PHP code into your web pages.

• Comment code using the various ...