PHP Echo / Print

 PHP EchoSimply, the echo statement is used to output data. In most cases, anything output by echo ends up viewable in the browser. You could also have used the print()  function in place of the echo statement. Using echo or print() is a  matter of taste; when you look at other people’s scripts, you might see either use.PHP PrintWhereas echo is a statement, print() is a function. A function is a command that performs an action,...

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PHP Variables

 What is PHP Variables?A variable is a place  where you can store things, such as  number, a date  or some text. You can put the text or number into variables so you can retrieve them later or so you can manipulate them. Variables  are called variables because the value that they can vary. Variable Naming Conventions and Best practicesVariables in PHP are started with dollar($) sign followed by the name of the variable....

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Adding Comments to PHP Code

 What is comment?A comment is a text in a script that is ignored by the PHP engine. Comments can be used to make the code more readable or to annotate a script.Single Line CommentSingle-line comments begin with two forward slashes (//) ora single hash sign(#).The PHP engine ignores all text between these marks and either the end of the line or the PHP close tag:// this is a comment# this is another commentMultiple Line CommentMultiline...

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Introduction to PHP

 What is PHP?PHP is a server-side scripting language designed specifically for the web. Within an HTML page, you can embed PHP code that will be executed each time the page is visited. Your PHP code is interpreted at the web server and generates HTML or other output that the visitor will see.A PHP file is just an HTML file saved using a .php extension instead of a .html or .htm extension, which tells the server to looking the page for code.PHP...

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