PHP BASICS

by mrs3m0 Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:31 am

What is PHP?

PHP ("PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor") is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language. It basically contains text, HTML tags and scripts.

Here's a basic example: (basic.php)

Code:: <html> <head> <title>Example</title> </head> <body> <?php echo "Hi, I'm a PHP script!"; ?> </body> </html>

PHP echo() statement is used to display the string "Hi, I'm a PHP script!"

Download the code basic.php here

Getting the value from a text field using PHP

1. Create an simple html file (I name it dev_1.html)

Code:: <form action="action.php" method="post"> Your name: <input type="text" name="name" /> Your age: <input type="text" name="age" /> <input type="submit" /> </form>