PHP crash course -1

                 PHP stands for HYPERTEXT PREPROCESSOR  

Short Introduction to PHP

• php IS A SERVER scripting language like ASP
• php script are executed on server
• It support many databases like MYSQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, ODBC etc..
• php is an open source software  

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Why PHP

• PHP runs on different platform (windows,Linux,UNIX,etc)
• compatible with almost all servers used in Nowdays
• FREE available
• easy to learn 

Before we start I wan't to clarify that we assume you are familiar with at least one any other language . Best for those who are familiar with C programming as PHP is very similar to C . only few differences are there like PHP did't require pre declaration of variable .

Preparing Environment to Run PHP program in your PC.
for Windows user Download XAMPP
& follow this Video for setup : Watch this video In HD

Start with Very First PRogram "HELLO WORLD"
A variable in PHP starts with a $ sign  
echo is funtion to print just like printf in C

 <?php  
 //simple question  
 $text="Hello World";  // test is a variable
 echo "http://beginer2cs.blogspot.com: ".$text;  
 ?>  

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I suggest you to type it in your notepad save & Run for better perception .

How to find length of string similar to C . PHP also have a function name strlen() .
Now See this example program .

 <?php  
 // length of string  
 $text="hello World";  
 echo "length of string is ".strlen($text)." & string is ".$text;  
 ?>  

Here $text is a variable assign to string "hello World" . then we pass this variable to function strlen() which return length of string.

Now strpos() : fun used to search for character or world  within a string it takes two arguments first is string in which search has to perform And second is what we have to search.

 <?php  
 // strpos() : fun used to search for character or world within a string  
 $text = "welcome to World of PHP";  
 $find="of";  
 echo " String is : ".$text."\n Search position of {\"of \"}is =".strpos($text,$find);  
 ?>  

output returns the position of first occurrence of  searched element . If not found then return FALSE

PHP OPERATOR 

It is same as C programming or any other programming language .

• +   
• -
• *
• /
• %
• ++
• --
• Basic Example of using Operator

 <?php  
 // Operators in PHP +,-,*,/,%,++,--  
 $x=1;  
 $y=2;  
 $z=$x+$y;  
 echo "x=$x & y=$y ";  
 echo "z=x+y : z=$z : addition";  
 //similarly try other operator  
 ?>  

similarly try other operator

Assignment Operator

It is also same as Used in C programming Language Or any other language

 

OPERATOR	Example	Is THE same As
=	X=Y	X=Y
+=	X+=Y	X=X+Y
-=	X-=Y	X=X-Y
*=	X*=Y	X=X*Y
/=	X/=Y	X=X/Y
.=	X.=Y	X=X.Y
%=	X%=Y	X=X%Y

  <?php
  //Assignment Operator
 $x=1; //equality operator 
 $y=5;
 $x+=$y;  // x=x+y
 echo "x = $x";
 // <br /> for  line break
 echo "<br /> You can similarly tast other Operators ";
 ?>

Comparison Operators :

Also similar to other language like C

OPERATOR	DESCRIPTION	eXAMPLE
==	Is equal  to	5==8  return false
!=	Is Not Equal to	5!=8  return True
<>	Is Not Equal to	5<>8  returns false
>	Is greater than	5>8 returns FALSE
<	Is less than	5<8 returns TRUE
>=	Is greater than or equal to	5>=8 return false
<=	Is less than or equal to	5<=8 returns false

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LOGICAL OPERATOR 

operator	description	Example
&&	And	X=6,    y=3 (x<10 && y>1) return True
||	Or	X=6 , y=3 (x==5||y==5) return True
!	Not	X=6, y=3 !(x==y) return True

we will show you example of this in next section .....
In next section we will talk about logic in php & looping in php

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