Script Web Databases Quickly with PHP Scripting Language
By Craig Knudsen2004-10-04
Flexible open-source tool works with seven databases
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Find out how to script in PHP, an open-source embedded scripting language for HTML. You'll learn how to install and configure PHP for use with the Apache Web server on UNIX or the Microsoft Internet Information Server on Windows NT. Then you'll see by example how to use PHP to route HTML conditionally, to develop a simple database-driven Web application, and to track user sessions with cookies.
Like Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP), PHP is a server-side scripting language for building Web sites. With strong tools for working with more than ten commercial and noncommercial databases, PHP may be the ideal tool if you often rely on databases in your Web development -- and especially if you develop for both NT and for UNIX. If you're ready to try such a flexible open-source tool, read on for details about scripting with PHP. For installation instructions, see Installing PHP version 3 on Windows NT (with the MS Internet Information Server) and Installing PHP version 3 on UNIX (with Apache).
Tutorial Pages:
» Flexible open-source tool works with seven databases
» What is PHP?
» A short history of PHP
» Simple scripting
» Setting up the database
» Retrieving data
» Form processing
» Maintaining sessions
» Rolling up your sleeves
» Installing PHP version 3 on Windows NT
» Installing PHP version 3 on UNIX
» PHP version 4 debuts in beta
» Resources
First published by IBM developerWorks
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