Understanding PHP

Server-Side Scripting ⚙️

PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor, or Personal Home Pages as it was previously known. It's a server-side scripting language for building open-source software apps. A scripting language is a software written for job automation that is script-based (lines of code). 🖥️💻

It is used to build both static and interactive websites, as well as all web applications. PHP scripts can only be run on a computer that has the PHP language loaded. Only a web server is required on client computers to access PHP scripts. PHP files have the ".php" extension and contain PHP tags. 🛠️

With the help of HTML, web pages can be created and developed. HTML allows Javascript to be executed on the user's browser (client-side). The PHP server-side scripting language, on the other hand, is executed on the server before reaching the user's web browser. 🌐⚡

PHP is well adapted for web development and interactive websites for web apps, e-commerce applications, and database applications because it is embedded in HTML. It's a user-friendly language that can bind to MySQL, Oracle, and other databases with ease. 🗄️🔗

🐘 You can start with php on websites.