PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language. If you are completely new to PHP and want to get some idea of how it works, have a look at the Introductory Tutorial from the official PHP web site. Once you get beyond that, have a look at the example archive sites and some of the other resources available in the Links section of that site.
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