A Basic Introduction to PHP

A super basic introduction to PHP.

This tutorial will review the purpose of using a server-side language such as PHP and walk through the process of creating and testing your first PHP file. Here is how you use PHP to display a "Hello World" message:

<?php 

echo '<p>Hello World!</p>';

?>

Steps

1. Open up a new file and name it intro.php.
2. Fill the intro.php file with the standard HTML tags (doctype, html, head, body, and title).
3. In the body add a heading using an HTML h1 tag.
4. After the heading add an open and close PHP tag (<?php and ?>).
5. Within the PHP tags use echo to display the message "Hello World".
6. Upload the PHP file to your server (or use your localhost) and test using a browser and your domain name.

Full tutorial URL:
https://codeadam.ca/learning/php-introduction.html

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