With PHP programming language, you can easily create server side scripts to add vitality to your site. This page contains over 50 PHP tutorials, tips, and video tutorials to help you develop and enhance your PHP skills. It is designed for both the novice and the expert. The novice will learn quickly and the expert will find tips and tricks to improve their skill set.
What is PHP?
PHP is a general-purpose server side scripting language used to create dynamic web applications. The original expansion of the acronym was personal home page.
PHP is a scripting language that is very C-like, although like all other scripting languages, it is not compiled. It is a very simple language to learn, but is extremely powerful.
PHP is usually used to add a functionality that HTML alone can't handle. For example, with PHP you can collect user information as well as interact with MySQL databases. It can also be used to perform complex mathematics as well as determine what day of the week a particular date falls on, either past or future.
So let's take a look at PHP and see what it can do for you.
Note: The PHP video tutorial set below contains 34 tutorials that begin with the installation of a web server to run PHP on your local host to the creation of an actual game using MySQL database. The youthful instructor may be a litte brash in the first couple of tutorials but overall these are great lessons for learning PHP.
Note: When installing XAMPP as instructed in these tutorials, you may find that your server is not working properly. This is usually caused by Port 80 being used by IIS on some systems (expecially XP). If you have this issue use the instructions on the Using XAMPP and IIS together – Easy Solution page to rectify the problem.