APPENDIX BPHP Primer

This PHP primer introduces you to PHP programming, Apache HTTP Server, and the Oracle Database web development environments. OPAL is a four letter acronym describing a web application solution stack using Oracle, PHP, Apache, and the Linux operating system. OPAL is an alternative to another four-letter acronym that describes a GNU solution stack—LAMP. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. The P in OPAL or LAMP stacks can also represent the Perl or Python languages. Both stacks can also replace Linux with the Microsoft Windows operating system.

This primer discusses the advantages you’ll find when developing web applications using the PHP programming language and Oracle databases. It also demonstrates how you use ...

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