PHP Tutorial 4 - Hello World (PHP For Beginners)

In this video we will begin looking at the PHP Syntax and how the server interprets the code. We write our first script that will output the text "Hello World" to the web browser using echo.

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[YELLOGAMERS]

I've struggled for months trying to get xampp and php to work, not even my "advanced higher" computing teachers managed to do what you have just done for me in an our of watching you tutorials, thank you very much for keeping things simple

[NinaHProductions]

You are like the BEST teacher! So easy to follow but yet if you think we might be getting stuck you bring it back for those who might have missed something x : )

[tbyers]

Excellent video.  Simple and straightforward, and a bite-sized chunk.  Exactly what I was looking for.

[KimRobotCarter]

Excellent, dry, simple and well thought out tutorials. These are good.
If you want an into to PHP, use this. I did.

[killasudds]

Thank you so very much for taking the time to share your knowledge here with us in this world of the almighty dollar it is very refreshing to find people like you. I am enjoying the tutorials. I am visually impaired and I have a hard time seeing some of the coding the screen is not very clear.You are very good and patient.

[sean]

Brilliant tutorials, very helpful and well explained, cant wait for to learn more. thanx alot mate

[anncorish]

love your accent!oh and good tutorial too.very easy to understand.i've alot of questions about php its driving me mad!

[merrymangoIT]

Sorry its my own problem! This video is amazing! love the clean and neat presentation! Thanks!

[IQ]

i really appreciate and respect what you are doing

[Taareshcool]

perfect beginning for a newbie!!...thanks dude!!

[shortcutDJ]

i'm already seeing great potential if u know basic html! thank you for uploading these tuts.

[Giselle]

your tutorials have been helping me A LOT thank you!

[franciscaguioa]

this gonna be exciting sir, i hope at the end of all tutorial i can make my own php page :D thanks again for making all the tutorial of php, Godbless!

[rdmspeed]

Thank you Sir. Your videos are very helpful for the beginners. 

[frankzeppelin]

Hi guys, I thought I'd check in here after a few years. It looks like Chris hasn't posted anything in a while, but if you're reading this, thanks for the tutorials. I think this was the first PHP tutorial I found online and it helped getting me started with the install and first steps. For everyone else, if you're new to programming/PHP, I wanted to add a couple helpful hints.

- echo (and print) just send text to the browser - that's it. From the browser's point of view it's like reading a regular HTML file. It's basically the same as opening a file "test.html" with the text "Hello world <br> <b>This text is bold</b>". Check the source code (Ctrl + U) to see the output for yourself.

- From some of the questions/comments below it looks like there's some confusion about HTML tags. You don't need to read a dozen books on HTML or memorize every obscure specialized tag out there, but you'll do yourself a huge favor to get comfortable with HTML first. Of all languages PHP is probably the most web-oriented, so you'll probably be using a lot of HTML. Would have saved myself a lot of frustration that way. :)

No haters here, just my two cents.

[randotron]

it is really simple and easy to understand. Thank

[ElaineLeung_NSL]

Great tutorial, well presented. Thanks

[JamesAllenIII]

Loving these tutorials. Thank you for posting!

[EmilyAceTV]

php edit 5.0 is much better than notepad ++ bcuz it has code already in it you just choose what you need and it does everthing the notepad does plus more! coffee cu html editor is free and a good software if you want to get into html. I think the two softwares go well together:) Thanks for the tuts im really trying to learn

[mehonal]

I also learned VB.NET from this guy. Highly Reccomend and like... :D