PHP – what is it?
PHP Is a server-side programming language that brings your site to life. It is used for an array of things like building forms, dynamically pulling content, and building forums like facebook.
I use PHP to build all my websites.
Basically:
- PHP is a programming language some guy wrote.
- Me (the web developer) writes a file in the language and connects it to a database with another code
- The Database stores the information **** By the way, sometimes a database is just a file in your website, I’m just trying to teach you how it works ****
- PHP talks to the database and gets the info
- PHP sends the info to either the Internet (web server) or mail server (the thing that sends you email. [not gmail, that’s your client]
I spent WAY too long building this little number. Obviously it has to be spectacular so you can learn.
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