Hi,
PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly.


When http request arrive to your webserver (someone visits your PHP page) .The PHP engine processes the PHP script code and generate and HTML tags that is sent to the web browser .Your browser (ex: IE or FireFox .. ) parse these tags and translate it to what you see .

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Lokananth
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Hi everyone,
I am newbie to PHP today. I read Beginning PHP4 Database book from my local library. I am impressed with PHP Motto - "There's a Faster Way to Do It".

As today, I am very, very newbie to PHP programming, I have few questions to ask you from Beginning PHP4 Database book. I read about three PHP advantages – website programming & web applications, command-line scripting and client-side GUI applications. Are there any disadvantages on PHP?

I take out from website programming & web applications that are mainly three items: PHP parser (CGI or server module), web server and web browser. What does CGI stand for and what is its feature? What is PHP parser?

I notice that from the client-side GUI applications, PHP not yet very best language to write graphic applications. Why is it so? What is PHP-GTK?

From Command-line scripting, what is the difference between cron (for UNIX) and task scheduler (for Windows)? How does PHP compete with scripting languages like Perl or Python?