PHP for Beginners

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Language Basics
- Embedding PHP
  - Default Syntax — The default delimiter syntax
  - Short-Tags — For less motivated typists
  - Script Syntax — Using <script> to write PHP codes
  - ASP Style — Using ASP <% %>
  - Embedding Multiple Code Blocks — Escape to and from PHP as many times
- Commenting Code
  - C++ Syntax — 'C++' Single-Line comments
  - Shell Syntax — Unix shell-style (Perl style) comments
  - C Syntax — Multiple-Line C Syntax
- Outputting Data
  - print() — statement outputs data passed to it
  - echo() — statement for the same purposes as print()
  - printf() — output a blend of static text and dynamic information
  - sprintf() — identical to printf() except that the output is assigned to a string
- Using Variables
- PHP’s Data Types
  - Scalar Data Types — types are used to represent a single value.
  - Compound Data Types — types allow for multiple items
  - Converting Between Data Types Using Type Casting
  - Adapting Data Types with Type Juggling
  - Type-Related Functions — functions are available for both verifying and converting data types
  - Type Identifier Functions — functions are available for determining a variable’s type,
Decisions & Loops
- Making Decisions
  - if Statement — Simple Decisions with the if Statement
  - else Statement — Providing an Alternative Choice with the else Statement
  - switch Statement — Testing One Expression Many Times with the switch Statement
  - Ternary Operator — Compact Coding with the Ternary Operator
Strings
Arrays
Functions
Objects

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