PHP

• PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor, it is a server-side scripting language that is used to create dynamic web pages.
• The PHP syntax is most similar to Perl and C.
• The semicolon (;) is used to terminate PHP statements.
• PHP


  • widely-used server-side scripting language • requires a webserver
• A PHP script starts with <?php and ends with ?>
• In PHP, keywords (e.g. if, else, while, echo, etc.), classes, functions, and user-defined functions are not case-sensitive.
• Single line comments starts with //


  Multi-line comments start with /* and end with */
• In PHP, a variable starts with the $ sign, followed by the name of the variable