How to Write PHP Scripts
PHP offers a more dynamic and interesting web experience than any straight HTML coding, since it allows for server generated content on demand. Programming can be challenging to commence, however, and PHP's prerequisites can be tricky to implement. Begin to write your own scripts after following this guide.
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Instructions
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Install all of the prerequisite software, which is a database and server software that is approved for PHP, like MySQL and Apache, and get them to run together. For most systems this isn't difficult, but it can be time consuming.
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Run the PHP install file on the same machine and configure it to work with the server and database software you have. Since this might involve tweaking the source code, you may want to get a professional involved with this step.
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Open a plain text file. This should be a program that processes ASCII code and nothing else, unless you've managed to get a PHP compiler.
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Type up your PHP code. You should begin with "".
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Compile your code using the PHP kit or the compiler. The compiler allows you to modify more conveniently if something is wrong with your code, but the PHP kit is obviously more direct and will probably keep the size of your programs down.
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Tips & Warnings
Use the script tag to insert PHP into HTML, or go one better and embed all of your HTML in a generation file using PHP.
