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PHP & MySQL®: Your visual blueprint™ for creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites
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PHP & MySQL®: Your visual blueprint™ for creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites

by Janet Valade
September 2006
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
319 pages
9h 24m
English
Visual
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Chapter 2. Learning PHP Basics

How PHP Works

PHP works in partnership with your Web server to enable you to build interactive, dynamic Web pages. The Web server is the software that delivers Web pages to users. Every Web site requires a Web server. The PHP software works in conjunction with the Web server to add functionality to your Web site that is not available using HTML alone.

How the World Wide Web Works

The World Wide Web is a network of computers offering millions of Web sites. Each Web site has an address, called a URL (uniform resource locator), which includes a domain name and a filename, such as www.myfinecompany.com/welcome.html.

When a user types a URL into a browser address window or clicks a hyperlink, the browser sends a message out ...

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