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Useful functions built into PHP You can display the entries in an array with the following code: 1 foreach ($myarray as $name) echo “$name.<br>”;// foreach is a useful tool for dealing with arrays// echo is probably the most used built in function in PHP Click here for more information. 2 if ($condition) then $x=3; //…

Variables are essential to writing code in PHP. Variables always start with the dollar sign followed by the variable name:$today = “Friday, April 11 2025”; // this is a string variable$price = 023.04; // this is a float (floating point number)$quantity = 12; // this is an integer$taxable = true; // this is a booleanRules…

WampServer, a Windows web development environment. This only runs on Windows computers but it is the platform I have used for over 10 years. WampServer refers to a solution stack for the Microsoft Windows operating system, created by Romain Bourdon and consisting of the Apache web server, OpenSSL for SSL support, MySQL database and PHP…

XAMPP a local environment for web development. Setting up XAMPP (which stands for X (Cross-Platform), A (Apache), M (MySQL or MariaDB), P (PHP), and P (Perl)) is a great way to set up a local development environment for web development. Here’s a step-by-step guide to set it up: Step 1: Download XAMPP Go to the…

This will get you started writing in PHP. Just go to w3schools.com and click on PHP This will bring up the PHP Tutorial. Scroll down about one page and click the green button that says “Try it yourself” Now you will see a split screen with the code on the left and the results on…

MySQL was created in 1994 by Swedish developers David Axmark and Allan Larsson, along with Finnish developer Michael “Monty” Widenius, who had been building database tools since 1979 (his low-level storage engine UNIREG at TcX was the direct precursor). The first version shipped on May 23, 1995, initially for personal use as a faster, more…

The Birth of JavaScript (1995) In April 1995, Netscape Communications hired Brendan Eich with the mission of adding a scripting language to their flagship browser, Netscape Navigator.He was originally supposed to embed Scheme (a Lisp-family language), but management insisted the language look like Java, which was surging in popularity.Eich was given 10 days to produce…

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is integral to the development of web design and the overall look and feel of websites. Here’s a breakdown of its history: 1. Early Days of the Web (1990s) 2. The Need for CSS 3. CSS Origins 4. CSS2 (1998) 5. The Browser Wars and CSS Challenges (Late 1990s – Early…

From it’s beginnings in 1993 to the current version. History of PHP PHP is a unique language. It was created to give a web-server the ability to have a simple language. It has grown into the de facto standard for web servers and it is available on almost every web server in the world. It…