PHP 5 Tutorial
PHP is a server scripting language, and a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages.
PHP is a widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft's ASP.
Easy Learning with "Show PHP"
Our "Show PHP" tool makes it easy to learn PHP, it shows both the PHP source code and the HTML output of the code.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo "My first PHP script!";
?>
</body>
</html>
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Click on the "Run example" button to see how it works.
Start learning PHP now!PHP 5 vs. PHP 7
PHP 7 is the newest version of PHP.
PHP 7 is much faster than the previous popular stable release!
PHP 7 has improved Error Handling, supports stricter Type Declarations and supports new operators, methods and properties.
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PHP Examples
Learn by examples! This tutorial supplements all explanations with clarifying examples.
PHP 5 References
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