PHP is a very popular, open source scripting language, which is usually used on the webserver to create dynamic pages. "PHP" is a recursive introductory name for the name "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" and was initially created by Rasmus Lardorf in 1994. To date, the current version of PHP is version 5, in which version 6 has to be created.
As mentioned, PHP is used on most websites, which is how this tutorial will be. You want to install your own test server, which is very easy to do, if you are already a server and are running or at least PHP 5 if you have access to the running server, you will see the next section Go to, where we will start writing some PHP You can take action in all the chapters of this tutorial stage, or you can learn specific things in between the chapters - this is actually for you
Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS is recommended when you are learning PHP, if you are completely new to HTML, then before proceeding with this excellent HTML5 tutorial, you can also see this great CSS tutorial. . .
Machine Requirements
To start working on PHP and later MySQL, you can easily install it for testing on your computer. Another way to do this is to pay for webhost using PHP and MySQL, but testing on your machine is very easy, especially when learning this is "back in old days", and with the following chapters, it Should be set and ready to go within 10-20 minutes.
This tutorial assumes that you are working on a Microsoft Windows machine. If not, you will still be able to use all coding related articles, because they are not specific to the operating system, but read the following chapter about installing and reading PHP on your machine.