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PHP 101
PHP – You can DO IT!
Greg LawlerBrooks Institute of Photography
February 15 20012001 IT Conference Reno
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Agenda
What is PHP? Functions and Features Lexical structure Why use PHP? PHP in the Real World Q & A
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What is PHP? 1994 : Personal project
Today Version 4 : powerful language Cross-platform, extensible, FAST GPL
HTML scripting language Server side, client transparent
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What is PHP? Built into Apache
As DSO – dynamic shared object mod_php
All other web servers As CGI binary
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Functions & Features Built in support for
Email, COM, FTP, XML, PDF, HTTP…
Extensive database support ODBC, MySql, Sybase, Oracle…
Over 1000 functions and 50 Modules!
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Lexical Structure Syntax derived from C, Perl, Java,
etc… Control structures
if, else, for, do while, switch etc…
Types Integers, strings, arrays, objects,
Classes (OOP) and Functions
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Why use PHP? Very easy to learn / teach
You can do anything! Cheap
Cross-platform, extensible, FAST
Great online community support
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PHP in the Real World amazon.com, xoom.com lycos.com
Brooks Institute Mayday!
Webmail
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Q & A
<html> <body> <?php
print “Hello World!"; ?> </body></html>
