HISTORY OF PHP OR INTRODUCTION OF PHP

PHP WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED BY RASMUS LERDORF IN 1995.

PHP has many frameworks and cms for creating websites. Even a non technical person can create sites using its CMS. WordPress, are the famous CMS of php.

It is also an object oriented programming language like java, C-sharp etc. it is a kind of server side Technology, used to host dynamic data on the web server.In Another word We can say That, It is a kind of server side programming or server side validations or server side scripting language, used for create/design the dynamic web pages.

*PHP old name was Personal Home page.

*And but now it is called Preprocessor Hypertext.

*Server side – execute on server.

*Client side – execute on the client.

STARTING WITH PHP/FI:

1.PHP with Form Interaction Package, no of pages in this package – 15000.

2.Initial name of PHP was – Personal Home Page.

3.Inspired by – Perl / CGI + C & C++.

4.OOPs concepts inspired by – C++.

5.Server side concept – CGI/Perl (Common Gateway Interface)

6. 1996 – Named changed by Personal home page to Preprocessor Hypertext.

NO OF PACKAGES – 20000

After PHP3.0 – Add the ZEND Framework

PHP4.0 – No concept of OOPs.

PHP5.0 – Some concept of OOPs.

PHP6.0 – Complete OOPs concept – current version.

WHY USE PHP

1.PHP runs on various platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, etc.)

2.PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.)

3. Open source, Means no need to any licenses.

4.PHP supports a wide range of databases

5.PHP is free. Download it from the official PHP resource: www.php.net

6.PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side.

7.Open source, Means no need to any liecence.

PHP PROGRAM CAN BE RUN UNDER VARIOUS LIKE WAMP, XAMPP, LAMP ETC.

.WAMP Server: this server is a web development platform which helps in creating dynamic web applications.

.XAMPP Server:It is a free open source cross-platform web server package.

.LAMP Server:Use for Linux O/S.

IDE OF PHP:-

* KOMODO.* MAGUMA.
* PHP Edit.
* ECLIPSE.
* NETBEANS.
* DREAMVIEWER.
* APTANA STUDIO.
CMS (Content Management System) of PHP:- It is a framework.1. JOOMLA.
2. DRUPAL.
3. CAKE PHP.
4. WORDPRESS.
5. MEGENTO.