Introduction to PHP

This tutorial covers Object Oriented Programming in PHP, or "classes". The tutorial covers what OOP is, why we would use it, and the way we use it in programming. It is a great tutorial for people who don't know what OOP is or why it is the preferred method of programming....
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The introduction to PHP, it covers variables, if statements, and loops. It is very basic and is meant to introduce people to PHP who have had very little experience programming before.

Having trouble making the leap from procedural to object-oriented programming (OOP)? In this tutorial, I’ll explain the difference between the two styles of programming and give real-world examples on how and why you might use each. This tutorial isn’t language-specific and I won’t use any code examples, but by the end of it, I think you’ll have a better understanding of object-oriented programming and how you can apply it in your own code projects....
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An introduction to PHP programming through a series of online tutorials and web forums

PHP comes with several control structures for creating loops. A loop is basically code that executes repeatedly for as long as it needs to. The control structures I'll discuss here are: while, do-while, for, foreach, break & continue. Each of these are similar, and some can pretty much be interchangeable, but some are better suited for certain tasks than others....
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A tutorial explaining how to find the mathematical roots of a number using PHP, for example square root, cube root, and higher roots.

This tutorial explains how to raise a number to the power of another using PHP using the pow function, for example 3^5.

Working with sessions in PHP is very basic. You can pass values to session as key/value pairs. To store and receive data from sessions are very easy to use.

Arrays are a large collection of key/value pairs can stores multible variables in a single variable. Arrays are an ordered map which each key could be mapped to a value.

You should encode string values while passing in an querystring. We use UrlEncode to Returns a string in which all non-alphanumeric characters except -_. have been replaced with a percent (%) sign followed by two hex digits and spaces encoded as plus (+) signs. ...
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array_fill() fills an array with num entries of the value of the value parameter, keys starting at the start_index parameter. Note that num must be a number greater than zero, or PHP will throw a warning. .

PHP for dummy is a small tutorial for the absolute beginners how to start with PHP. This article covers more topic from installation to PHP basics.

In order to accomplish almost any programming task with PHP you'll be dealing with strings. To get the best out of PHP you must thoroughly understand the basic string functions available. In this tutorial we will lay down the foundations needed for a solid understanding of strings. 36 pages of examples and discussions about strings....
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This tutorial introduces some of the basic programming skills required if you are going to try and learn to use PHP. We will go over a little about what PHP is and talk about some of the basic styles of programming. Please understand that this tutorial is part of a series, and may change somewhat in the future, as it is a work in progress. The author trusts that it will be valuable and informative in your learning experience....
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Learn PHP through lessons and examples that are based on plausible real world applications. Also contained on tizag.com is a MySQL tutorial to aid you in your PHP/MySQL knowledge.

This introductory guide covers a wide range of subjects on PHP programming. Some of main topics include: PHP history, PHP 4 Architecture, Language Syntax, Embedding PHP Code, Dynamic vs. Static Web pages, Variables, Arrays, Conditionals and Looping Constructs, Web Application Features, Working With Cookies, Built-in Variables, and Database Handling....
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This is a short introductory tutorial on PHP by the official PHP Web site. Explains what it is, what it looks like, what it can be used for. Also includes external links to other useful PHP-related sites.

This article will show you the basics of a PHP program with several simple examples. It starts with HTML output and progressively builds up to variables, control structures, and looping.

The basics of programming explained with a clear focus of writing PHP pages. All the concepts needed to start writing effective PHP page explained!

PHP has become a more popular technology for web programming in the recent years due to its open source technology. This means that it is free to use and is compatible with almost any server, say Windows, Linux/Unix and Apache servers. Though it is an open source technology, it has many advanced features included in it and is now capable of handling almost any issue related to the internet. PHP stands for "PHP Hypertext Preprocessor". PHP is a server-side scripting language. This means that a PHP page is processed on a Web server by a PHP script engine. When the client makes a request for any page, the request is sent to the server, the server locates the requested page and executes the PHP code if any and the result is sent to the browser (client) in the form of HTML. The browser then compiles the HTML to display the output....
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