Wanna learn PHP?

[shinotebasiiackh]

This is a good place to start.

http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

Most of you probly have known of this for a while though.

[ZeroKirbyX]

PHP? What is the PHP?

[shinotebasiiackh]

If you looked on the intro of the PHP think you would have seen

What is PHP?

    * PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
    * PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
    * PHP scripts are executed on the server
    * PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)
    * PHP is an open source software (OSS)
    * PHP is free to download and use

What is a PHP File?

    * PHP files may contain text, HTML tags and scripts
    * PHP files are returned to the browser as plain HTML
    * PHP files have a file extension of ".php", ".php3", or ".phtml"

What is MySQL?

    * MySQL is a small database server
    * MySQL is ideal for small and medium applications
    * MySQL supports standard SQL
    * MySQL compiles on a number of platforms
    * MySQL is free to download and use

PHP + MySQL

    * PHP combined with MySQL are cross-platform (means that you can develop in Windows and serve on a Unix platform)

Why PHP?

    * PHP runs on different platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.)
    * PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.)
    * PHP is FREE to download from the official PHP resource: www.php.net
    * PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side

Where to Start?

    * Install an Apache server on a Windows or Linux machine
    * Install PHP on a Windows or Linux machine
    * Install MySQL on a Windows or Linux machine

[Osmose]

Somewhere, far off near the horizon, a sarcasm detector explodes.

[shinotebasiiackh]

I doubt he was being sarcastic. Hell, he IMed me about it.

[PyroAlchemist]

w3schools you gotta love em ^_^