26411Playing With Stringshttp://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/php-tutorial-2.phpStrings are probably what you will use most in your PHP script. From concatenating, looking for patterns, trim, chop etc. So I guess it's a good idea to take a better look at this creature. We will also take a peek at some string functions that you might find useful for everyday coding.PHP > Tips and Tutorials > Introduction to PHPOct 15, 2006arman
Hopefully you know what PHP is already. If not I'd better explain it. Right, PHP is a scripting language that you embed in web pages to do advanced stuff. But unlike HTML, PHP is not sent straight to the client to work out it is converted into HTML on the server it is running on and then sent to the client. So this allows you to have a database server set up on your server and you can request records from it whatever way you want! Also because the PHP code is worked out on the server clients are unable to see the PHP code in the page just the outputted HTML!!!
PHP has the capability of doing thousands of different useful things. On of those useful things, is the ability to redirect users using HTTP headers alone. This is different from using plain HTML Meta tags to redirect, as using this method the user won't even see the redirect occur. This can be very useful in creating a page that redirects to different pages, depending on the input to the script.
Before creating a php application or website you will first need to check if PHP is supported by your Web Hosting Provider. In other words your webhost will need to have PHP installed on the webserver were your site is housed.
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