Introduction and Installation of Php What is PHP? PHP is an
acronym for Hypertext Preprocessor. It is a dynamic server side
scripting language that allows an application developer to
create very simple to very complex mechanisms for the web. Think
of PHP as the brain and central nervous system behind your
applications. PHP code can be directly mingled in with your HTML
page content as long as the page has a .php extension (
myPage.php ). Or it can be scripts and class files placed on
server and connected to your front-end files. Any HTML file you
have can be turned into a PHP file and PHP script will run
inside it. Why Learn PHP? - Relatively easy to learn and
understand - Processes data fast and dynamically - Most dynamic
web applications being made today have a PHP core (brain) - Free
Open Source Technology - Sports over 700 Built-In functions that
are ready to automate your programming tasks - Works very well
with MySQL Databases (PHP+MySQL are married) - Create and
populate XML files using PHP - Communica