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    This document provides an overview of setting up a local web server with PHP and MySQL using XAMPP. It discusses installing XAMPP, the basic syntax of PHP, embedding PHP code in HTML, variables, forms, connecting to MySQL databases, and including files. Key points include that PHP code is placed between <?php ?> tags, variables start with $, forms are defined with <form> tags and have attributes like action and method, and MySQL is used to store and access data in databases. Files can be included in other PHP files using include() or require().

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    This document provides an overview of setting up a local web server with PHP and MySQL using XAMPP. It discusses installing XAMPP, the basic syntax of PHP, embedding PHP code in HTML, variables, forms, connecting to MySQL databases, and including files. Key points include that PHP code is placed between <?php ?> tags, variables start with $, forms are defined with <form> tags and have attributes like action and method, and MySQL is used to store and access data in databases. Files can be included in other PHP files using include() or require().

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    This document provides an overview of setting up a local web server with PHP and MySQL using XAMPP. It discusses installing XAMPP, the basic syntax of PHP, embedding PHP code in HTML, variables, forms, connecting to MySQL databases, and including files. Key points include that PHP code is placed between <?php ?> tags, variables start with $, forms are defined with <form> tags and have attributes like action and method, and MySQL is used to store and access data in databases. Files can be included in other PHP files using include() or require().

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    This document provides an overview of setting up a local web server with PHP and MySQL using XAMPP. It discusses installing XAMPP, the basic syntax of PHP, embedding PHP code in HTML, variables, forms, connecting to MySQL databases, and including files. Key points include that PHP code is placed between <?php ?> tags, variables start with $, forms are defined with <form> tags and have attributes like action and method, and MySQL is used to store and access data in databases. Files can be included in other PHP files using include() or require().

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    SESSION 5 the PHP engine to treat the enclosed

    PHP AD MYSQL code block as PHP code, rather than


    simple HTML
    SETTING UP A LOCAL WEB SERVER

     PHP script execute on a web server


    running PHP.
     So before you start writing any PHP
    program you need the following program
    installed on your computer.
    Every PHP statement end with a semicolon
     The Apache Web server
    (;) —this tells the PHP engine that the end
     The PHP engine
    of thecurrent statement has been reached.
     The MySQL database server
     To save your file:
    XAMPP
    c://xampp/htdocs/folder
    XAMPP is a free and open-source cross-  To access your file:
    platform web server solution stack package localhost/folder/name of your file
    developed by Apache Friends, consisting
    EMBEDDING PHP WITHIN HTML
    mainly of the Apache HTTP Server,
    MariaDB database, and interpreters for  PHP files are plain text files
    scripts written in the PHP and Perl with .php extension. Inside a PHP
    programming languages. file you can write HTML like you do
    in regular HTML pages as well as
     The official website for downloading
    embed PHP codes for server side
    and installation instructions for the
    XAMPP: execution.
    https://www.apachefriends.org/
    download.html  When you run the code the PHP
     All files must be put in the engine executed the instructions
    xampp/htdocs/directory between the <?php ... ?> tags and
    e.g. c://xampp/htdocs/airlines leave rest of the thing as it is.
    “airlines” is the name of the folder

    PHP COMMENTS

     A comment is simply text that is


    PHP SYNTAX ignored by the PHP engine.
     To write a single-line comment either
     A PHP script starts with the <?php start the line with either // or #
    and ends with the ?> tag.  To write multi-line comments, start
     The PHP delimiter <?php and ?> in the comment with a /* */
    the following example simply tells
     A variable name cannot contain
    spaces.
     Case sensitive
    PHP CASE SENSITIVE
    Variable names in PHP are case-sensitive.
    However the keywords, function and
    classes names are case-insensitive

    PHP VARIABLES
    Variables are used to store data, like string
    of text, numbers, etc. Variable values can
    change over the course of a script.
    Important things to know about variables:

     In PHP, a variable does not need to


    be declared before adding a value to
    PHP ECHO STATEMENT
    it. PHP automatically converts the
    variable to the correct data type,  The echo statement can output one
    depending on its value. or more strings.
     After declaring a variable it can be  The echo statement can display
    reused throughout the code. anything that can be displayed to the
     The assignment operator (=) used to browser, such as string, numbers,
    assign value to a variable. variables values, the results of
    expressions etc.
     Since echo is a language construct
    not actually a function (like if
    statement), you can use it without
    parentheses e.g. echo or echo().

    These are the following rules for naming a


    PHP variable:

     All variables in PHP start with a $


    sign, followed by thename of the
    variable.
     A variable name must start with a
    letter or the underscore character _.
     A variable name cannot start with a
    number.
     A variable name in PHP can only
    contain alpha-numericcharacters
    and underscores (A-z, 0-9, and _).
    FORM ELEMENTS

     Input – text, radio, checkbox, submit,


    button
     Select
     Button
     Text Area
    FORM ELEMENTS ATTRIBUTES
    TYPE
    PHP and HTML FORMS
    The HTML <form> element defines a form
    that is used to collect user input
    <form> NAME - Each input field must have a name
    attribute to be submitted.
    form elements
     If the name attribute is omitted, the
    </form> data of that input field will not be
    sent at all.
     Attributes – action, method, target
    ACTION

     The action attribute defines the


    action to be performed when the
    form is submitted.
     Normally, the form data is sent to a
    web page on theserver when the
    user clicks on the submit button.
    TARGET

     The target attribute specifies if the


    submitted result will open in a new
    browser tab, a frame, or in the
    current window. (_blank, _self)
    METHOD

     The method attribute specifies the MYSQL


    HTTP method (GET or POST) to be
    used when submitting the form data.  MySQL is the most popular
    database system used with PHP.
    GET - the submitted form data will be visible  MySQL is a database system used
    in the page address field on the web
    POST - form data contains sensitive or  MySQL is a database system that
    personal information. The POST method runs on a server
    does not display the submitted form data in  MySQL is very fast, reliable, and
    the page address field. easy to use
     MySQL uses standard SQL  The connection to the MySQL
     MySQL compiles on a number of database server will be closed
    platforms automatically as soon as the
     MySQL is free to download and use execution of the script ends.
     MySQL is developed, distributed,  However, if you want to close it
    and supported by Oracle earlier you can do this by simply
    Corporation calling the PHP mysqli_close()
     MySQL is named after co-founder function.
    Monty Widenius's daughter: My

    INCLUDING A PHP FILE INTO ANOTHER


    PHP FILE
    The include()and require()statement allow
    you to include the code contained in a PHP
    file within another PHP file.
    In order to store or access the data inside a
    MySQL database, you first need to connect Including a file produces the same result as
    to the MySQL database server. copying the script from the file specified and
    pasted into the location where it is called.
     PHP offers two different ways to
    connect to
     MySQL server
     MySQLi (Improved MySQL)
     PDO (PHP Data Objects)
    extensions.
    Syntax: MySQLi, Procedural way

    Syntax: MySQLi, Object Oriented way

    Syntax: PHP Data Objects (PDO) way


    The index.php files includes header, menu
    and footer file

    header.php

    menu.php

    footer.php

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