Introduction to PHP

PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor.
PHP is a server side scripting language which are executed by the server.
PHP is an easy language which supports many databases.
It is platform independent language and can be run on different platform.

The server installed on your PC should support and then you can make some PHP file and execute it.
Generally all the server support php if they doesn't just install php. It is free to use and available as an open source.

The basic syntax of a php code is
<?php

?>
 Whatever written in this script tag is a php code.
A php file must have .php extension

Rest will be explained in the next article