- Fact:
- A webpage is just a text file
- Output of
a PHP program:
- The output of a PHP program can be considered as a text file !!!
- Fact:
- PHP was designed to embed a PHP program inside a web page !!!!
- Embedding the
PHP program statements
inside an
HTML (web page) file:
<html> <head> <title> PHP Test </title> </head> <body> <HR> <B> <?php print("Hello World !\n"); ?> </B> <HR> </body> </html>
When the PHP program is executed, the execution will produce the following output:
<html> <head> <title> PHP Test </title> </head> <body> <HR> <B> Hello World ! </B> <HR> </body> </html>And this webpage is returned to the user's browser and displayed...
- DEMO:
- How to run the PHP file with the
web server:
http://holland.mathcs.emory.edu/~cs377001/PHP/PHP-web/hello.php
Type this URL into your browswer: http://holland.mathcs.emory.edu/~cs377001/PHP/PHP-web/hello.phpRight click on the webpage and select View Page Source to see the text file
- How to run program as
a stand alone
PHP program:
ssh -X yourNETID@holland php /home/cs377001/public_html/PHP/PHP-web/hello.phpThe output of this stand-alone PHP program is used as a webpage !!!
- How to run the PHP file with the
web server:
http://holland.mathcs.emory.edu/~cs377001/PHP/PHP-web/hello.php