Introduction to Php :-
PHP is server side scripting language it was released in the year 1995. It was created by Rasmus Lerdorf. It is used to create dynamic and creative websites .
Why Should I use Php :-
There are many more languages are available in market like ASP.Net, Python etc . You must be thinking that why we are using Php apart from ASP.Net or Python . The reason behind this is, It is completely free to use and download. No need to purchase any type of license. It is completely and absolutely free . In another hand if you are using ASP.Net at first you need to purchase license from Microsoft. Also many of the CMS PHP base for example - WordPress, Drupal, Joomla etc. Today Php is mostly used in every website among this the most famous websites like Facebook.com, Yahoo.com, Flickr.com, Wikipedia.org are also completely based on Php.
Before using Php you should have the basic knowledge of -
1) HTML
2) CSS
3) JQuery (it is optional )
4) SQL
JQuery is completely optional but if you know JQuery you will get an advantage if you use JQuery with Php it will increase the processing speed of your website . So mainly to use PHP you need to know HTML, CSS and SQL only.
Installation of Wampserver :-
As earlier we have discuss that Php is server side scripting language . So we need to install Wampserver. For 64 bit machine install Wampserver of 64 bit and for 32 bit machine install Wampserver of 32 bit. The given below link will directly tack you to the downloading area of wampserver .
http://www.wampserver.com/en
After selecting your version you will get a popup window where you will get a link of direct download.
To use Wempserver your machine must have latest version of 'Visual C++' redistributed installed in you system.
download the wempserver and install it . After installing run the Wampserver as an Administrator. After that you will see wampserver icon in your system task-manager tray of green color. if color of icon is not green it indicates wampserver is not installed properly uninstall it and try reinstalling.
If you are using Skype then unchecked the incoming connection port because wampserver and Skype both uses the port 80 for the incoming server so it get conflict .
If still wampserver icon not turning into green try checking no other virtual server is running in your pc.
