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    PHP: Get Started

    What is PHP?

    Christian Wenz
    @chwenz
    Agenda

     Why PHP?

     Installing PHP

     PHP Quick Start


    I've never thought of PHP as more
    than a simple tool to solve
    problems.

    — Rasmus Lerdorf
    Why PHP?

     PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (http://php.net/)

     Scripting language, mostly used on web servers

     Market share: approximately 40% (!)

     In the TIOBE Programming Community Index Top 10 since 1999

     Runs on virtually any web server and platform

     Supports virtually any database

     Open-source, actively maintained

     Great supply of talent


    History of PHP

     1994: Rasmus Lerdorf started working on what would later become


    PHP

     1995: Release of version 1.0, named “Personal Home Page Tools (PHP
    Tools)

     1998: Release of PHP 3 with parser rewritten by Zeev Suraski and Andi
    Gutmans

     2000: Release of PHP 4, powered by new core, “Zend Engine”

     2004: Release of PHP 5 (including improved OOP support)

     2009: Release of PHP 5.3 (instead of PHP 6)


    Installing PHP

     http://php.net/downloads.php provides access to the source code and


    external links to binary packages

     Official Windows binaries: http://windows.php.net/

     All-in-one installer: https://www.apachefriends.org/


     Sets up PHP, Apache, MySQL, and more

     Detailled installation instructions in the online manual:


    http://php.net/install
    Configuring PHP

     php.ini configuration file (usually in the PHP installation directory)

     Used for PHP settings, and to load extensions

     Usually a server restart is required for changes to take effect


    PHP Quick Start

     PHP code is (usually) embedded into HTML files, or in its own PHP file

     File extension: .php (unless configured otherwise)

     <?php and ?> as delimiters


     Other options exist, but are not recommended

     Code output appears exactly where the code was


    “Hello World”

     PHP provides the luxury version of “Hello World”

     phpinfo()

     Outputs a lot of data about the PHP installation


     Version information
     Configuration options and settings
     Installed extensions
     Server environment variables

     Can also be used to find out what the hosting partner has provided
    Documentation

     Available at http://php.net/manual

     Shortcut: http://php.net/abc, e.g.


     http://php.net/phpinfo
     http://php.net/install
     http://php.net/install.windows

     Also available for download (and offline browsing)


    Summary

     PHP is the most popular server language for the web

     PHP runs on all relevant server operating systems

     phpinfo() provides all information about the current PHP


    installation

     The PHP manual at http://php.net/manual provides a great


    documentation of the language and its extensions

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