Want to Learn PHP ?

Then you are on the right place in this series we are going to learn very basic concepts of PHP and this basic tutorial series going to take you from a beginner level to an intermediate PHP programmer.

This series is geared towards newbies who are looking for some very basic things about PHP programming language.

 

History

PHP ( PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) was developed by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994, and he named it PHP Personal Home Page Tools. Originally used for tracking visits to his resume.

1995, He revealed the source code for PHP Tools to the public, and encouraged – users to contribute and provide the fix in the code…More History..!

 

 What is PHP ?

PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor, Basically PHP is a server-side scripting language which is originally designed to allow developers to generate dynamic web pages.

In other words PHP is a powerful scripting language and it process all scripts on the server and returns a simple html code to the client’s browser, which means client will never see the original PHP code.

Why we Use PHP ?

PHP is free Open-source programming language and powerful alternative to its competitors ( ASP / ASP.net, JSP).

 

Usage Stats for January 2013

PHP: 244M sites, 2.1M IP addresses

Source : http://www.php.net/usage.php

 

Additional Resources

Website    http://php.net
Manual    http://www.php.net/docs.php
Download    http://php.net/downloads.php

 

 

Getting Started with PHP