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[Kev]

Well I'm not going to go in depth in this tutorial but I will show you the basics.
FIRST : Opening tag

<?php

this tag opens a php document, it tells the browser that when it reaches that string start reading as php. An alternative is [code[<?[/code] however some older php versions don't accept this and read is as a string of text. So it's safer to use

<?php

.

Ending tag
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Next is the ending tag.

?>

simple eh? That tells the browser to stop reading it as PHP code.

Variables
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A variable in PHP is just like a variable in Algebra (if you don't know Algebra it doesnt matter)
It has a value.

$variable=papa

that is an example of a variable, it assigns $variable the value papa. An example of how you could use this is

<?php
$variable=papa;
echo '$variable';
?>

That would echo the word papa on the page, notice after every php statement I put a ';' this is important as it tells the browser to end that statement.

Echo
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Notice in the above example I used 'echo', echo is a php function that "echos" something, in other words display it. you might see sometimes 'print', it is the same thing, how you use it is basically a matter of preference.

That concludes this tutorial, maybe later I might write a bit more indepth tutorial covering functions, mysql integration, and other things. Thanks.


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[meadow]

Cheers, I can't do too much php at the moment becuase ym server is being a bit odd.

[MaRmAR]

OK.
1) $variable=papa; should be $variable="papa";
2) echo '$variable'; should be echo "$variable"; because with apostrofes it wouldn't print real value of $variable but only "$variable" (but we want "papa")..