PHP is Open Source server-side programming / Scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor but it’s original name, Personal Home Page. It was created by Ramsum Lerdorf in 1994.

PHP runs on various platforms Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, etc.

PHP is compatible with almost all servers Apache, IIS, etc.

At Present in 2017 Php 7.2.0 is latest version of PHP

PHP File Extension .php

What we can do with PHP

• Generate Dynamic Page
• Handle button clicks, radio button
• Create Database Application
• Client/server Application
• Student Registration
• Online Course
• Online Shopping cart
• Chat Rooms

Example

How PHP Works

Development Environment

• Operating System – Windows, Linux, Mac etc.
• Web Server – XAMP, WAMP, MAMP etc.
  • §XAMP – Apache + MariaDB + PHP + Perl

• Editor/IDE – NotePad, NotePad ++, NetBeans, Brackets, Eclipse etc.
• Web Browser – Chrome, Firefox etc.

Basic Structure of PHP

Basic Structure of PHP

Variable

Variables are containers which is used to store information.

Type of Variables: –

• Local Variable
• Global Variable
• Static Variable

Variable Declaration

In PHP, variable names begin with $ sign, followed by a name.

Ex: –

• $roll
• $price
• $name

Rules

• Variable starts with $ sign.
• Variable name only starts with a letter, an underscore ( _ ).
• Variable name cannot start with a number.
• It is case sensitive which implies that the variable num in lowercase is different from variable NUM in uppercase.
• Do not use Predefined constant name e.g. PHP_VERSION , PHP_OS etc.
• Do not use reserved keywords. e.g. else, if etc.

Variable Initialization

PHP can store all type of data in variables. Before using a variable in PHP, assign a value to it so PHP will create that variable and store data in it. That means we have to assign data to a variable before attempting to read a variable’s value.

Ex: –

• $roll = 256;
• $price = 25.50;
• $name = “Geeky Shows”;

Note – If a variable is created without a value, it is automatically assigned a value of NULL.

Internal Data Types

In other language, you need to specify the exact data format of each variable, but PHP handles that for you.

• Integer – It can hold whole number. Ex: 12, 0, -34 etc.
• Float/Double – It can hold floating point number. Ex: 25.2654, 2.12 etc.
• String – It can hold text or group of characters. Ex: – “Geeky Shows” etc.
• Boolean – It can hold true/false value.
• Array – It can hold multiple values in one single variable.
• Object – It can hold programming objects.
• Resource – It is special variable that hold references to resources external to PHP.
• NULL – It can hold only one value – NULL .

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ECMAScript 2015 (or ES6) is the sixth and major edition of the ECMAScript language specification standard. It defines the standard for the JavaScript implementation.

ES6 brought significant changes to the JavaScript language. It introduces several new features such as, block-scoped variables, new loop for iterating over arrays and objects, template literals, and many other enhancements to make JavaScript programming easier and more fun. In this chapter, we will discuss some of the best ES6 features that you can use in your everyday JavaScript coding.

The let Keyword

ES6 introduces the new let keyword for declaring variables. Prior to ES6, the only way to declare a variable in JavaScript was the var keyword. Let’s see what’s the difference between them is.

There are two critical differences between the var and let. Variables declared with the var keyword are function-scoped and hoisted at the top within its scope, whereas variables declared with let keyword are block-scoped ({}) and they are not hoisted.

Block scoping simply means that a new scope is created between a pair of curly brackets i.e. {}. Therefore, if you declare a variable with the let keyword inside a loop, it does not exist outside of the loop, as demonstrated in the following example:

As you can see in the above example the variable i in the first block is not accessible outside the for loop. This also enables us to reuse the same variable name multiple times as its scope is limited to the block ({}), which results in less variable declaration and more cleaner code.

The const Keyword

The new const keyword makes it possible to define constants. Constants are read-only, you cannot reassign new values to them. They are also block-scoped like let.

However, you can still change object properties or array elements:

The for...of Loop Variable

The new for...of loop allows us to iterate over arrays or other iterable objects very easily. Also, the code inside the loop is executed for each element of the iterable object. Here’s an example:

Arrow Functions

Arrow Functions are another interesting feature in ES6. It provides a more concise syntax for writing function expressions by opting out the function and return keywords.

Arrow functions are defined using a new syntax, the fat arrow (=>) notation. Let’s see how it looks:

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