Php is most powerful server side programming language to make internet and intranet applications. Most of the web development work is being carried out in php these days. It’s really very hot in web developer’s community.
It’s open source nature also compels more and more developer switching over to use it.
Why php is so popular
Php is fast, php is easy to learn, and it’s easy to develop in. One can easily integrate it with html that makes it very flexible for a developer to create internet based application. Php’s building blocks are almost identical to c which is the basic language any programmer would learn so that makes it real fun for a beginner to learn php.
Websites these days require more and more power which php provides efficiently. Php is used to create applications like blogs, social networking sites, payment gateways, sms system, designing websites and many more.
Even the popular CMS softwares like JOOMLA and Wordpress are made with php
Who should learn php
Everyone who is willing to develop internet based applications should learn php. It’s an essential tool to create web applications.
Where to get the php code
You should download php from php.org. Php is available for windows and linux platform. If you want to start learning php on windows platform,I would recommend you to download windows binay files available at php.org.
Things a beginner should learn to start making applications in php
In order to train yourself and equip yourself with essential knowledge to start working with php, we have compiled a list of following points that a beginner should learn in order to be good at developing php based applications.
- Basic syntax
- Browser handling in php
- Php and databases
- File handling
- Sessions, Cookies and FTP
