our work and thoughts, the element blog
our work and thoughts, the element blog

by Chris
2010/01/29 16:06:15

PHP Basics Part 2 - Variables

This second tutorial will be on variables and within it I will discuss the syntax rules and what you can do with variables that will help you develop more complex code.

The Syntax
[nocode]$variableName = value ;[nocode]

So let’s start with the variable rules:
The first rule is to always start a variable with a ‘$’ followed by the variable name:
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by Chris
2010/01/22 18:50:26

PHP Basics Part 1 - Introduction to PHP

So you want to start learning PHP? Don’t! Give up now! Learn something else!! smile.
Seriously though, it’s a lot easier than you think. I’m going to show you, over time, how to create and manage PHP code, and create PHP applications/pages. This first tutorial will start with the basics – displaying PHP. I will discuss ways of outputting PHP.
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by Jono
2010/01/09 16:57:58

We are element

...and this is our new website!

This was designed and coded up about a month ago, but we've been busy, so we set it back a while until other things got done. We've added new sections and content, completely re-thought the layout, and significantly enhanced our page design.

We've moved to hosting our site on our own CMS - Typhoon, which powers this blog and other dynam ...

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