PHP Tutorial Overview
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This tutorial assumes...
- ...that you are running the tutorial locally from within the Komodo
Help Browser. While it can be read online, the interactive functions
(such as resizing the workspace and creating sample projects) are only
accessible within the Komodo Help Browser.
- ...that PHP 4.0.5 or greater
is installed on your system. See Komodo's Installation
Guide for configuration instructions.
- ...that you are interested in PHP. You don't need to have previous knowledge of PHP; the
tutorial will walk you through a simple program and suggest some resources for further
information.
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This tutorial examines a PHP program that implements a form on a website -
in this case, a guest book where site visitors can log comments. In addition to
providing an overview and working example of PHP, the tutorial also introduces
Komodo's CGI
Debugging functionality. In this tutorial you will:
- Open the PHP Tutorial Project
and associated files.
- Analyze guestbook.php the PHP program
included in the PHP Tutorial Project.
- Generate the HTML output
by running the program.
- Debug the program
using the Komodo debugger.
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