PHP-Home
- PHP-Background
- Features of PHP
- Versions of PHP
- Tools to work with PHP
- Steps to create and execute PHP Programs
- Output Functions in PHP
- Types of errors in PHP
- Data Types available in PHP
- PHP-Array
- Some server configuration settings
- PHP-Include & Require
- Types of variables in PHP
- Concept of GET & POST
- Configuration settings related to Files Upload
- PHP-Cookies
- PHP-Sessions
- Configuration settings to work with Sessions
- PHP-File Handling
- PHP-Directory Functions
- PHP-Mail
- String Functions in PHP
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Features of PHP :
Cross Platform :
- It can run under any type of Operating System.
Cross Server :
- It can run under different types of Web servers like IIS,Apache,Tomcat etc.
Cross Database :
- It supports any type of Database server.
PHP 5.0 MySQL :
- PHP 5.0 is providing MySQL Library to interact with MySQL Database.
- PHP supports number of object oriented programming concepts like Inheritance etc.
- PHP is open source (freely available to modify).
- PHP supports different types of content management system like JOOMLA, DRUPAL, WORDPRESS etc. All content management systems are open source software.
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open source software :
Open source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.
- PHP provides number of security functions to apply security to application like 1-Way Encrypt?, 2-Way Encrypt?, Authenticate? etc.
- PHP supports different types of editors to develop program. We can also use lightweight editors (Notepad, Editplus, etc.).
- PHP execution is very fast because of Zend Engine.
- Zend Organization is maintaining the PHP script. They introduced number of tools to work with PHP & also they are providing complete support to PHP programming through online services.
- PHP is very easy to understand & develop the application.