Introduction

Modern web development relies on the successful integration of several technologies. Content is mostly formatted as HTML. With server-side technologies, you can create highly dynamic web applications. PHP is the single most used server-side scripting language for delivering browser-based web applications. PHP is the backbone of online giants such as Facebook, Flickr, and Yahoo.

There are other server-side languages available for web application development, but PHP is the workhorse of the Internet. For an absolute beginner, it should be comforting to know that PHP is a relatively easy language to learn. You can do many things with a little PHP. Also, there is a thriving, friendly community supporting PHP. It will be easy to get help ...

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