How to Setup PHP Environment on our System ??

PHP Environment Setup

Hi friends in order to develop and run PHP, three vital components need to be installed on our computer system.

• Web Server - PHP will work with virtually all Web Server software, including Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) but then most often used is freely availble Apache Server. Download Apache for free here: http://http.apache.org/download.cgi
• Database - PHP will work with virtually all database software, including Oracle , Microsoft Access and Sybase but most commonly used is freely available MySQL database. Download MySQL for free here: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/index.html
• PHP Parser - In order to process PHP script instructions a parser must be installed to generate HTML output that can be sent to the Web Browser. Download PHP latest version for free  here:  php-5.5.14.tar.bz

PHP Parser Installation:

Before you proceed it is important to make sure that you have proper environment setup on your machine to develop your web programs using PHP.
Type the following address into your browser's address box.

http://127.0.0.1/info.php

If this displays a page showing your PHP installation related information then it means you have PHP and Webserver installed properly. Otherwise you have to follow some other procedure in addition to install PHP on your computer.


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Introduction to PHP

• PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development but also used as a general-purpose programming language. 
• PHP is designed to fill the gap between SSI (Server Side Includes) and Perl, intended for the web environment. Its principal application is the implementation of web pages having dynamic content.
• PHP was installed on more than 240 million websites (39% of those sampled) and 2.1 million web servers according to a survey.
•  Originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994, the reference implementation of PHP is now produced by The PHP Group
• PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page,it now stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor as a recursive acronym.
• Its popularity derives from its C-like syntax, and its simplicity. The newest version of PHP is 5.5 and it is heavily recommended to always use the newest version for better security, performance and of course features.

BASIC TAGS 

Syntax : -  

<?PHP

// Your  Coding

?>

1. When PHP parses a file, it looks for opening and closing tags, which are <?php and ?> which tell PHP to start and stop interpreting the code between them. Parsing in this manner allows PHP to be embedded in all sorts of different documents, as everything outside of a pair of opening and closing tags is ignored by the PHP parser.
2. PHP also allows for short open tags <? and ?> (which are discouraged because they are only available if enabled with short_open_tag php.ini configuration file directive, or if PHP was configured with the --enable-short-tags option.
3. If a file is pure PHP code, it is preferable to omit the PHP closing tag at the end of the file. This prevents accidental whitespace or new lines being added after the PHP closing tag, which may cause unwanted effects because PHP will start output buffering when there is no intention from the programmer to send any output at that point in the script.

<?php

       echo "Hello world";


// ... more code
echo "Last statement";
// the script ends here with no PHP closing tag

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How to create a Windows 8 Phone App ?

Hi guys, lets see how to create your first Windows 8 Phone App. To create a windows 8 App, you need to download a SDK in order to built your Application. You may download the SDK Visual Studio 2012(Supports only in Windows8 OS) from Windows developers store.


Step 1: Open the VS 2012 and it looks alike the given below picture .

 

Step 2 : It will redirect you to your SDK start page after some seconds.

Step 3 : To create your first App, go to Menu and  then,

File-> New Project ->  select your programming language you wish to develop

from given list of language -> Select the type of your application -> 

Give a name and location to your project -> OK

 

 Step 4: Select the OS version you preferred as Windows8.

Step 5 : Now you can able to  design and develop your App on the Windows8 Phone template given as it is very easy to design & develop through drag & drop option. You may double click the controls you dragged to code them by specify your actions need to be performed by controlling their events.

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