Heres a quick intro to PHP. A lot will be left out, I’m assuming you know basic programming (variables and loops). W3 Schools is a great place to learn PHP more in depth.
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Every script should begin and end with the php open/close tags.
<?php //Comments //rest of code here ?>
Here are some examples
<?php // two backslashes are used for comments // A variable is created using the dollar sign before the name of the var $v1 = "bananas" ; //semicolon after each statement //echo is used to print to the screen echo $v1; //You can print multiple items using a comma $v2 = "apples" ; echo $v1, $v2; //If statements are similar to those in C++ and Java. $uno = 1 ; $dos = 2 ; if($uno < $dos) { echo "WOO!" ; } else { echo "WTF!?"; } ?>
The open/close tags make it easier to mix html in a php page.
If you were to echo your html out you would have to escape quotes like this (quite a pain)
<?php echo "<html>n" ; echo "<a href="http://www.site.com">my site</a>" ; echo "<input type="text" value="hello" maxlength="6">" ; ?>
The easier way to do it is to just close the php tag, type your html and open the php tag again. An example would be a php if statement.
<?php if(!$_POST['submit']) //if the form hasn't been submitted, output the html { ?> //close tag here and work in html <html> <form name="myform" method="post"> <input type="text" name="box"> <input type="submit" name="submit"> </form> </html> <?php //open the tag back up since we're back in php } else { //do whatever in php here } ?>
Now lets go over loops
//the usual for loop for ($i=1; $i<=10; $i++) { echo $i, "ha ha ha "; } //heres a foreach loop, used to loop through an array $myarray=array("red","green","blue"); foreach ($myarray as $colors) { //you can use a "." to splice vars and strings together echo "Color: " . $colors . "<br />";
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