Introduction to PHP

PHP is a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages.
PHP runs on different platform like Windows,Linux,Unix etc.
PHP compatible with almost all servers used today all over the world like IIS,Apache.
You can Download it for FREE from official website : http://www.php.net/downloads.php

What is PHP?

• PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
• PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
• PHP scripts are executed on the server
• PHP supports many databases (MySQL,Oracle etc.)
• PHP is an open source software
• PHP is free to download and use

What is MySql?

• MySQL is a database server
• MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications
• MySQL supports standard SQL
• MySQL compiles on a number of platforms
• MySQL is free to download and use

PHP combined with MySQL are cross-platform (you can develop in Windows and serve on a Unix platform)

What do you need next?

If your server supports PHP you don't need to do anything.
Just create some .php files in your web directory, and the server will parse them for you. Because it is free, most web hosts offer PHP support.
However, if your server does not support PHP, you must install PHP.
Here is a link to a good tutorial from PHP.net on how to install PHP5: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.php

Download MySql Database For Free:

Download MySQL for free here: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/index.html

Download Apache Server:

Download MySQL for free here: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/index.html