11.3 Self test on PHP

In this activity students will review PHP and build self confidence.

Review PHP

What is PHP?

  • PHP is an acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor"
  • PHP is a widely-used, open source scripting language
  • PHP scripts are executed on the server
  • PHP is free to download and use
A PHP script is executed on the server, and the plain HTML result is sent back to the browser.


**PHP statements end with a semicolon (;).

Uses of php

  • It is used for create dynamic website.
  • To Interacting with web server (Apache etc)
  • To interacting with any back-end / database server e.g. MySQL.
  • To interaction with the native file system of the OS.
  • To implement the business logical layers (one or more)
  • It can Encrypt Data.
  • Access Cookies variable and set cookies.
  • More....


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