You Should Already Know before learn PHP

Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

What is PHP?

• PHP is an acronym for “PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor”
• PHP scripts are executed on the server
• PHP is free to download and use
• PHP is a widely-used, open source scripting language

What Can PHP Do?

• PHP can create, open, read, write, delete, and close files on the server
• PHP can add, delete, modify data in your database
• PHP can collect form data
• PHP can be used to control user-access
• PHP can encrypt data
• PHP can send and receive cookies
• PHP can be used to control user-access

Why PHP?

• PHP can run on various platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix etc.)
• PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.)
• PHP is easy to learn
• PHP supports various databases
• PHP is free. Download it from the official PHP resource: www.php.net
• PHP can run efficiently on the server side