Month: November 2017

If you want to transfer values in PHP from one page to the next, you often have to resort to the two special variables $ _GET and $ _POST. For example, you want to transfer the user input of a form to your script, check it and save it. The transfer of these user inputs takes place either by means of $ _GET or $ _POST. [...]

In addition to texts, as shown in the first part, you can also store numbers in variables and calculate with them, for example, add, subtract or multiply them. PHP Variable Basics If one assigns a number to a variable, in contrast to the text here, no quotation marks may be used. You write the number directly into your code. [...]

A fundamental concept of any programming language is variables. Variables in PHP can contain values of any kind, such as simple lines or texts, but also more complex structures such as lists or even images. In this section, you will learn the basics of how to use variables in PHP, how to use them, how to expect [...]

Comments in PHP are not executed by the PHP interpreter, but are skipped by it instead. They serve as programmers to make your code easier to understand. You can, as the name says, comment on your program code, that is, explain what functions individual sections of the program have. Defining comments in PHP To insert a comment [...]

You can output a text in PHP using the language construct echo . Create a new file (eg hello.php ) for the first example and save the following text in it: <? Php echo "Hello World" ; ?> If you want to run the file locally, you need to save it in the htdocs folder of your XAMPP installation. More information in our article First [...]