Comments on: PHP Basics

By: tokz

tokz — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:45:26 +0000

nice..informative..

By: leo

leo — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:10:12 +0000

Good work.

By: Declan

Declan — Sat, 26 May 2007 21:51:31 +0000

The hello world example is a necessary evil, I’m afraid.
It is useful in that if used or seen one before, you can compare and contrast, while getting a good look at the syntax.

To all visitors here completely new to PHP, can I recommend a program called XAMPP. Install, it and go to (for this example)

http://localhost/whatever_the_filename_is_called.php in your browser

You should now have said hello to the world. If it is polite, it will greet you back!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:07:57 +0000

I thought the Hello World Comment was the first thing people want to get rid of..
:)

By: Nasir

Nasir — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:39:44 +0000

i have al little success so far and thats i installed php and now scripts are working but im stuck again when i tried to copy a code froma book. situation is that i am using an HTML form and displaying its textbox value using PHP script. for example if textbox name is "name" then i am using in php

echo $name;

but the variable value is displayed only in address bar not where i want it to be print.

//code Starts

This is my personal Web Page

Enter Your Name Below

Welcome: //code Ends

Nasir

By: Martin Geisler

Martin Geisler — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:23:12 +0000

Disclamer: I haven’t used Win98 in a very long time and I never played with the PWS (Personal WebServer?)… I use Linux exclusively now.

But when you describe opening the file using “Open with…” in IE then remember that you cannot open it as a file from your C drive, you have to open it as http://localhost/file.php or something like that. If you just open it from your C drive then no PHP will be executed, as you’ve seen.

So first make sure that the PWS is working meaning that you can access files on it using an URL of the form http://.... Then download and install PHP. It says on the page that the Windows installer will automatically configure lots of different webservers, including PWS.

By: Martin Geisler

Martin Geisler — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:16:21 +0000

:-) That’s some nice memories to have of Denmark… Oh and thanks for the good luck to my exams! I had my second exam today and it went very well. The next and final one is on Friday.

By: Nasir

Nasir — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:14:33 +0000

hi Geisler

its pleasure to know that u r from denmark. i also lived for four years in denmark but a long long time ago when i was a little kid in Copenhagen with my father. first of my memories are from denmark. but when i was only 7 we came back home. but only thing i can remember very cleary is the snow all around our house in winter. but here in my home its quite hot,humid,dusty and what not. wish you good luck in you exams. Nasir

By: Nasir

Nasir — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:24:38 +0000

please tell me how to upload my script to web server (pws windows 98) and how to load it in my web browser.I am saving my scrip as .php and all the possible settings are in place including registry and php.ini but nothing is working. when i check type of file in properties of the file it says php script but the file icon is not changed to that of Internet Explorer. but when i open the file with open with… option in IE the script portion doesnt work only html portions works. pleas help

By: Martin Geisler

Martin Geisler — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:37:44 +0000

I don't know what the problem is --- have you pasted the code directly as shown into a file? Call the file hello.php and upload it. Then tell me exactly what you see when you load the page in your browser.