Introduction
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PHP is forgiving: Certain syntactical features like function prototypes and variable declarations are not needed in PHP. It stresses accommodation for the developer over accuracy.It has least set of syntactical principles that the code must take after.If any parse errors are found in the browser window, then it means PHP rules are not followed. -
HTML is not PHP: HTML is a static library but PHP is a dynamic language.They can interact with each other but they are not the same.PHP syntax is relevant only with PHP since PHP is implanted in HTML components.All aspects of a report is interpreted as either PHP or HTML,depending on the labels. -
PHP syntax looks like C-language: Loops,control structures also exist in PHP. -
PHP is case sensitive: Once a variable declared in a case,it cannot be changed.Statements are terminated with semicolons.
Description
PHP Parsing engine finds out and differentiate the PHP code by identifying the code having the following 4 tags.
PHP script starts with <?php and ends with ?>
Syntax:
[php]
<?php write your php code here ?>
[/php]
Syntax:
[php]
<?Write your code here?>[/php]
Syntax:
[php]
<%Write your code here%>[/php]
Syntax
Explanation
More Info
Basically PHP file contains normal HTML elements and PHP scripts.PHP script can be kept anywhere in the document, but the file has to be saved with .php extension, otherwise PHP script will be considered as normal HTML text.
Every PHP statement ends with a semicolon;.All these statements can be enclosed within block that start and end with curly braces.{}.
Example
[php]
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1> Hello World ! Welcome to Splessons </h1>
<?php echo " Hello World, Welcome to Splessons"; ?>
</body>
</html>
[/php]
Output:
Description
All the classes, functions, user defined functions and keywords using in the PHP are not case sensitive, but variables created in PHP are case sensitive.
Description
Comments in the code level, helps to write description to the module for better understanding the coding flow and the comments part will not execute, it is just for reading purpose regarding the module.
Types of comments:
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Single Line comments:
// is one type single line comment
# other type single line comment -
Multiple lines comments/* this is multi
Line comment */
Example
Below is the basic example of php comments
[php]
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?
# This is a comment, and
# This is the second line of the comment
// This is a comment too. Each style comments only
print "An example with single line comments";
?>
<?
/* This is a comment with multiline
Author : John
Purpose: Multiline Comments Demo
Subject: PHP
*/
print "An example with multi line comments";
?>
</body>
</html>
[/php]
Output:
Example
[php]
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Splessons</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo "Hello World!!, Welcome to Splessons"; ?>
</body>
</html>
[/php]
Output:
Key Points
- PHP script starts with <?php and Ends with ?>.
- PHP is case-sensitive.
- PHP file ends with and extension .php.
- Single and multi-line comments exists in PHP.