Category : PHP

PHP and MySQL Basics: Syntax

Posted by Daniel at 5:37 pm

PHP syntax is very simple it has 3 main parts, the first part is the php opening tag which is <?php, after that is your PHP CODE then the last part is the php closing tag which is ?>

it looks like this..

<?php
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
YOUR PHP CODE HERE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
?>

you can also use the PHP Short open tags:

<? ?>
<?= ?>

but this is considered a bad habit.. you can use this tags but be sure that short open tag is set to on in your PHP.INI file.

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PHP and MySQL Basics: Software Needed

Posted by Daniel at 1:53 am

Now that you have a little background about PHP, let’s now talk about the tools/software that you need in this lesson.

WHAT DO YOU NEED…

1. A Web Server - Apache / IIS will work too..
   
2. PHP - so that our web server can understand our php file.
   
3. Database - MySQL
4. Text Editor - Notepad, Dreamweaver, PHP Designer or any text editor that you want..
5. Web Browser - you can use any broswer of your choice(Firefox, IE, SAFARI, OPERA, Chrome)..
6. Operating System - Linux, Windows or Mac OS.
   

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PHP and MySQL Basics: Introduction

Posted by Daniel at 12:13 am

Hello this is the first part of the PHP and MySQL basic tutorial here in my blog. if you have any questions or other concerns feel free to leave a comment or contact me through my contact page. okey before we go deep in learning the PHP langauge. lets first define what php is..

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PHP and MySQL Basics Tutorial

Posted by Daniel at 3:31 pm

Hello guys today i am going to start my basic PHP tutorial. i will give examples in every part of this tutorial so that you can follow with me easily. my aim in this tutorial is to share my knowledge in PHP to anyone specially to my blog readers who wants to learn the basics of PHP. i will focus on the very basic of PHP so that anyone can follow along even if you dont have any background in PHP or any other programming language Keep Reading…

Separating CSS Style sheet for Different Browsers using PHP

Posted by Daniel at 10:25 pm

Hi everyone today im going to start my tips / tutorials in web development, and i will focus today on separating a stylesheet for different browsers. if you read my last post i talked about separating my blog style sheet using php because IE6(Internet Explorer 6.0) handled my layout differently than version 7.0 and other browser like Firefox, Opera, Safari and Google Chrome. actually the only problem that i encountered with IE6 is its incompatibility to render transparent .PNG images and some spacing issues, the Keep Reading…