Sams Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours

Chapter 19. PHP

PHP is a popular Web development language that works with a variety of Web servers, including Apache. This hour introduces the main features of PHP, helping you to determine whether it can be useful for your development needs. One of the strengths of PHP is the great number of extensions available for database connectivity, graphic creation, XML processing, and so on. This hour explains in detail how to build and integrate those extensions with PHP. In this hour, you will learn

• What PHP is and how it works

• How to download and configure PHP

• What PHP modules are available and how to enable them

Introduction to PHP

PHP is a server-side scripting language that can be embedded in HTML pages, similar to JSP (JavaServer Pages) and Microsoft ...