The beginning!

[Jaan]

Well if you decided to start learning php then you should view this tutorial. Here i will tell you everything what you need to know for the beginning. Okay let's start.

Syntax

PHP Code:

<?php //Starts your php script also you can just use <?

?> // Ends your php script

How to say Yo Wuzzzupp

PHP Code:

<?php
echo "Yo Wuzzzupp";
?>

(This will print your text: Yo Wuzzzupp)

Comments

PHP Code:

<?php
/* This is
a comment block */

// This is a comment

# This is also a comment
?>

Variables

PHP Code:

<?php
$myVar = "Hello"; // This is a variable
echo $myVar; // This will print your variable value
?>

(This will print your text: Hello)

If you want to concatenate two or more variables together, use the dot (.) operator

PHP Code:

<?php
$myVar = "Hello";
$myVar2 = "Jaan!";
echo $myVar. " ".$myVar2;
?>

(This will print your text: Hello Jaan!)

If...Else Statements

Syntax

if (condition)
code to be executed if condition is true;
else
code to be executed if condition is false;

PHP Code:

<?php
$myVar = "Jaan";
if($myVar=="Jaan"){ // If your variable matches that value (Jaan) then Hello Jaan will be shown
    echo "Hello Jaan";
}else{ // If that value in your variable is not Jaan then "Hello quest" will be shown
    echo "Hello guest!";
}
?>

(This will print your text: Hello Jaan)

PHP Code:

<?php
$day = date("D");
if($day=="Mon"){ // If today is a monday "Have a nice monday!" will be shown
    echo "Have a nice monday!";
}else{
    echo "Have a nice week!"; // If today is not monday then "Have a nice week!" will be shown
}
?>

Arrays

PHP Code:

<?php
$name = array("Jaan", "Thomas", "Mike");
?>

In this example we assign the ID key manually:

PHP Code:

<?php
$name['0'] = "Jaan";
$name['1'] = "Thomas";
$name['2'] = "Mike";
echo "My name is ".$name['0']. ", my friends name is ".$name['1']." and his friends name is ".$name['2'];
?>

(This will print your text: My name is Jaan, my friends name is Thomas and his friends name is Mike)

Looping

Syntax

while (condition)
code to be executed;

PHP Code:

<?php
$i = 1;
while($i <=5){ // This will repeats your $i value 5 times
    echo "This number is ".$i."<br>";
    $i++;
}
?>

Functions

PHP Code:

<?php
function myFunc(){ // This will define your function name
    echo "My name is Jaan"; // Inside of { and } you can put everything that you want
}
echo myFunc(); // This will print your funtion
?>

(This will print your text: My name is Jaan)

I hope it helped. Have fun!

[John]

very nice