Php Tutorial

About the PHP

The PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is a programming language that allows web developers to create dynamic content that interacts with databases. PHP is basically used for developing web-based software applications. This tutorial will help you understand the basics of PHP and how to put it in practice.

PHP is getting used widely in developing web-based and other applications across all domains. for a few of technology supported which PHP applications are developed listed below :  

1. Content Management System.
2. Web-based applications and development of sites.
3. E-commerce websites and applications.

Topic Covered In This Tutorial

1. INTRODUCTION
2. ENVIRONMENT SETUP
3. SYNTAX OVERVIEW
4. VARIABLE TYPES
5. CONSTANTS
6. OPERATOR TYPES

Advantages and Disadvantages of PHP

Advantages of PHP :

1. Most important advantage of PHP is that it’s open source and free from cost. It can be downloaded at anywhere and readily available to use for event of web applications. 
2. It is platform independent. PHP based applications can run on any OS like UNIX, Linux and Windows, etc. 
3. Application can easily be loaded which are based on PHP and connected to database. It’s mainly used due to its faster rate of loading over slow internet speed than another programming language. 
4. It has less learning curve, because it is simple and straightforward to use. Someone familiar with C programming can easily work on PHP. 
5. It is more stable from a few years with assistance of providing continuous support to various versions. 
6. It helps in reusing an equivalent code and no got to write lengthy code and sophisticated structure for event of web applications. 
7. It helps in managing code easily. 

Disadvantages of PHP :

1. It is not that secure due to its open-source, because the ASCII text file are often easily available. 
2. It is not suitable for giant content-based web applications. 
3. It has a weak type, which can cause incorrect data and knowledge to user. 
4. PHP frameworks got to learn to use PHP built-in functionalities to avoid writing additional code. 
5. Using more features of PHP framework and tools cause poor performance of online applications. 
6. PHP don’t allow change or modification in core behavior of online applications. 
7. The PHP frameworks aren’t equivalent in behavior so does their performance and features.