inA tutorial made by:Elise Margaret R.

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PHP is a widely used

language which stands for

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor

PHP files can contain text,

HTML, JavaScript code, and PHP

code.

To test PHP files, make sure you’ve installed..

.

XAMPP interprets scripts written in PHP.

XAMPP is an integrated

server package of:

•Apache•mySQL

•PHP• Perl

To test if XAMPP is properly running...

Locate“c:\xampp”folder

Open the xampp_star

t applicatio

n

All PHP files should be saved in the htdocs folder

“c:\xampp\htdocs”

Let’s start this tutorial by opening the text editor that

you’ll fall in with!

I am using Sublime Text 2 and this is what it looks like :D

PHP scripts can be placed

anywhere in the

document.BASIC PHP SYNTAX

It starts with <?php and ends

with ?>

BASIC PHP SYNTAX

To output strings in the browser,

we can use PHP’s echo or print

All PHP files should have .php as its default

file extension.

Let’s save our work and name

it..

Helloworld.php

Again, all PHP files should be saved in the htdocs folder“c:\xampp\htdocs”

After saving, you’ll notice that the color of the code changes

There you have it. Now, it’s time to test the code.

http://localhost/[nameofyourfile.php]

Open your

browser and

type:

So in our case:http://localhost/helloworld.php