PHP Tutorial

PHP is a server scripting language, and a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages. PHP is a widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft's ASP. PHP 7 is the latest stable release. Start learning PHP now »

Easy Learning with "PHP Tryit"

With our online "PHP Tryit" editor, you can edit the PHP code, and click on a button to view the result.

Example <!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<body>



<?php

echo "My first PHP script!";

?>



</body>

</html> Try it Yourself »

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PHP Exercises

Test Yourself With Exercises Exercise: Insert the missing part of the code below to output "Hello World". "Hello World";

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PHP Examples

Learn by examples! This tutorial supplements all explanations with clarifying examples.

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PHP Quiz Test

Learn by taking a quiz! This quiz will give you a signal of how much you know, or do not know, about PHP.

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PHP References

W3Schools' PHP reference contains different categories of all PHP functions, keywords and constants, along with examples.

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