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php & HTML; Some Questions
Topic Started: Nov 21 2005, 05:05 PM (220 Views)
Marianne
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Hello :)

I'd like to ask some questions about php and html because I'm rather interested in those kind of things. ^_^ So plese be patient with me, I know that my questions might sound extremely n00b questions :sigh:

Firstly, I've always wondered something about php: in order to use this language on a website, do you have to configure this website so that it reads php? If so, how do you do that?

Also, what does exactly php do? I mean, I know it works along with HMTL (or at least that's what I understood, but I might be wrong) but I can't exactly get which is its purpose. I mean, I know that many sites use php for adding some news, for example, but that doesn't tell me a lot about what php can do and why it's so widely used.

Some clarifications would be gladly appreciated. ^_^

Thanks!
- Marianne
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Woody.
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Here are some examples of PHP work if you want to see what people do with it.
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Surferdude
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1. Yes, PHP is a server side web programming language. This means that PHP code will be executed on the server in which it is hosted on before the output is sent to your browser. In order to be able to execute php code on a server you will need to be hosted on a server with PHP installed.

2. PHP is a dynamic scripting language, which bascally means it can do more than HTML. For example, HTML cant do things like password protecting sites, creating dynamic images etc but PHP can because its dynamic. Another popular feature of PHP is its ability to interact with database systems to store data. However, PHP's functionality is limited unless you know the basics of HTML. They both work together :)

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