Friday, January 14, 2011


Basic PHP Syntax
     A PHP scripting block always start with <?php and end with ?>.  A PHP scripting block can be placed   anywhere in the document.On servers with shorthand support enable you can start a scripting block with <?and end with  ?>.
For maximum compatibility,we recommend that you use the standard form (<?php) rather than
                           <?php
                                         ?>
A PHPfile normally contains HTML Tags,just like an HTML file,and some PHP scripting code
Below ,we have an example of a simple PHP script which sends the text "Hello World" to the browser:
                           <html>
                           
                            <body>
                           <?php
                            echo "Hello World";
                            ?>  
                            </body>
                            </html>
Each code line in PHP must end with a semicolon.The semicolon is a separator and is use
used to distinguish one set  of instructions from another.
There are two basic statements to output text with PHP: echo and print.In the example above we have used the echo statement to output the text "Hello World".
Note:
           The file must have a .php extension.If the file has a .html extension,the PHP code will not be executed.          
         
                         

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