Basic PHP understanding

PHP is a light programming language. It's very easy to make work if you have some HTML knowledge. Since you are reading this, I guess you already know your HTML basics.

Web Server

The first thing you have to do is to have somewhere to keep your php files. This have to be a web-server with PHP support. Apacha is a way to go there. You can easily set up your own Web-server on your own computer. If you have never seen a server before, it's just a computer. You can even use a Mac for hosting a Web Server.

Progress

When finnishing reading the basic PHP understand:
  • How to make simple web-pages using PHP
  • Choose one way you want to write your code
  • Getting to know some PHP commands
  • Using variables, operands and constants
  • Know basic programming

My first php code

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