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    Creating PHP Pages

    Chapter 5
    PHP Structure and Syntax
    Basic PHP Scripts
    • Embedded language refers to code that is
    embedded within a Web page (HTML/XHTML
    document)
    • PHP code is typed directly into a Web page as
    a separate section
    • Server recognizes embedded script and
    executes
    • A Web page containing PHP code must be
    saved with an extension of .php to be
    processed by the scripting engine
    • PHP code is never sent to a client’s Web
    browser; only the output of the processing is
    sent to the browser
    Basic PHP Scripts

    • The Web page generated from the PHP


    code, and XHTML elements found
    within the PHP file, is returned to the
    client
    • A PHP file that does not contain any
    PHP code should be saved with an .html
    extension
    • .php is the default extension that most
    Web servers use to process PHP scripts
    Creating PHP Code Blocks

    • Code declaration blocks are separate


    sections on a Web page that are
    interpreted by the scripting engine
    • There are four types of code declaration
    blocks:
    • Standard PHP script delimiters
    • The <script> element
    • Short PHP script delimiters
    • ASP-style script delimiters
    Standard PHP Script Delimiters
    • All scripts start with <?php and end with
    ?>
    • Program lines end in ";" or you get an
    error
    • Code block: { //code here } (brace
    brackets)
    • White space is generally ignored (not in
    strings)
    • Comments are created using:
    • // single line quote
    • /* Multiple line block quote */
    The <script> Element

    • The <script> element identifies a script


    section in a Web page document

    • Assign a value of "php" to the language


    attribute of the <script> element to
    identify the code block as PHP
    Short PHP Script Delimiters

    • The syntax for the short PHP script


    delimiters is
    <? statements; ?>
    • Short delimiters can be disabled in a Web
    server’s php.ini configuration file
    • PHP scripts will not work if your Web site
    ISP does not support short PHP script
    delimiters
    • Short delimiters can be used in XHTML
    documents, but not in XML documents
    ASP-Style Script Delimiters

    • The syntax for the ASP-style script delimiters is


    <% statements; %>
    • ASP-style script delimiters can be used in
    XHTML documents, but not in XML documents
    • ASP-style script delimiters can be enabled or
    disabled in the php.ini configuration file
    • To enable or disable ASP-style script delimiters,
    assign a value of “On” or “Off ” to the
    asp_tags directive in the php.ini
    configuration file
    Parsing
    • How the browser can read a text file and process it, that's a basic
    parsing method.
    • Browsers parse web pages as they load
    • Web servers with server side technologies like PHP parse web pages as
    they are being passed out to the browser
    • You can embed sections of PHP inside html :
    <BODY>
    <p>
    <?php $test = "Hello World!";
    echo $test;
    </p>
    </BODY>

    • Or you can call html from PHP :


    <?php
    echo "<html><head><title>Howdy</title>
    …
    ?>
    References

    References :

    1. Anonymous.(n.d.). Apache HTTP Server Documentation


    Version 2.2. Retrieved from
    http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/.
    2. Achour, M., Betz, F. (n.d.), PHP Manual. Retrieved from
    http://www.php.net/download-docs.php.
    3. Anonymous. (n.d.). MySQL Reference Manual. Retrieved
    from http://downloads.mysql.com/docs/.
    4. Naramore, E., Gerner, J., Le Scouarnec, Y., Stolz, J., Glass, M.
    K. (2005). Beginning PHP5, Apache, and MySQL® Web
    Development. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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