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Introduction to PHP for Dynamic Websites

PHP is a popular server-side programming language used to build dynamic websites. It powers over 240 million websites, including Google, Facebook, and YouTube. Content management systems like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla rely on PHP. The lecture will cover how to set up a local development server to use PHP and build websites, and preview what PHP can do in the next session.

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Introduction to PHP for Dynamic Websites

PHP is a popular server-side programming language used to build dynamic websites. It powers over 240 million websites, including Google, Facebook, and YouTube. Content management systems like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla rely on PHP. The lecture will cover how to set up a local development server to use PHP and build websites, and preview what PHP can do in the next session.

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Code Dynamic Websites Lecture #2 Brad Hussey

with PHP [Link]

lecture 2: what is php?


Hey everybody! Welcome to Code Dynamic Websites with PHP.
This lecture is called "What is PHP"?

PHP is one of the most (if not the most popular) server-side
programming language on the web today, with more than 240
million websites using it (as of January 2013 — according to
Wikipedia).

Websites like Google, Apple, Facebook and YouTube utilize PHP.


Popular Content Management Systems (CMS) like Wordpress,
Drupal, Joomla and Expression Engine all rely on PHP.

PHP stands for "Hypertext Preprocessor" — I know, right? I don't


get it either...

PHP can be used as a stand-alone programming language to


create robust applications, or it can be used within HTML code to
create dynamic websites (which is the goal of this course).

PHP runs on a "server", and in order to use PHP on your own


computer when developing a website, you'll need to have a server
installed on your machine — don't worry about this part, it's quick
& painless to get set up, and it doesn't cost you a penny.

I'll be covering the tools you'll need in an upcoming lecture.

Also, I will be frequently referencing [Link] throughout the


duration of this course, and I recommend you bookmark it for easy
access.

Stay tuned, because in the next lecture I'll give you a quick
rundown of some of the cool things PHP can do!

See you there!

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