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2. contents
• w is PHP?
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• where did it com from
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• w does it all m
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• w uses PHP?
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• w to get som
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3. w is PHP?
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created by the PHP Group, serve as the standard
because there is no specification.
PHP is m ainly focused on server-side scripting, it is
often used for things such as to collect form data,
generate dynam page content, or send and receive
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cookies.
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4. w is PHP? (continued)
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can be used for Com and Line Scripting –do not
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need a brow or server, only the PHP parser.
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exam ples are CRONs on Linux, Task Scheduler on
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Applications using an extension such as PHP-GTK.
can be used on all m ajor operating system runs in
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both 32 bit and 64 bit environments.
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databases, as w as Open Database Connection
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enabling server-side caching.
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text (XML), talking to other protocols (LDAP, POP3, HTTP).
a w variety of extensions are w
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5.2.6 is current version, 5.3 is in alpha.
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6. where did it com from
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e ritten in C, by
Rasm Lerdorf in 1994 to replace Perl scripts he’ been using for
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his w ebsite (syntax is sim to Perl, but m lim and sim
ilar ore ited pler)
since PHP 2 - form handling, ability to embed HTML,
com unication w DB’
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in 1998 the parser w rew
as ritten by Zeev Suraski and Andi
Gutm ans to form PHP 3
heavily influenced by C, Perl, Java, C++, C#, Python
has becom w
e idely used as an alternative to Microsoft’ ASP
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and .NET
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7. w does it all m
hat ean?
w you’ typically need for server
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side PHP:
PHP Parser (server module)
W Server
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Database (optional)
W Brow
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= L.A.M.P .
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8. w does it all m
hat ean?
Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP- (a popular open-source
package of softw used to run dynam w
are ic ebsites)
Linux = Operating System
Apache = Web Server
MySQL = Database
PHP = Programming Language (Perl and Python are sometimes
substituted)
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9. w does it all m
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Popular PHP fram orks
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10. w uses PHP?
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20 m illion websites
1m illion w servers
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m any popular sites use PHP including: Kazow ie!,
M entum Design Lab, Yahoo!, Flickr,
om
Facebook , W ikipedia, Friendster, Technorati,
Techcrunch, Zillow Digg,
leads the field in term of m
s arket share for
dynam w program ing languages at 30%
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m any Blogs, Forum W s and CM s are
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developed and run on PHP
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11. w to get som
ant e?
hello@momentumdesignlab.com
1.866.542.7124
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