PHP Tutorial

 

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PHP Tutorial Overview

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Before You Start

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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PHP Tutorial Scenario

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:

  1. Open the PHP Tutorial Project and associated files.
  2. Analyze guestbook.php the PHP program included in the PHP Tutorial Project.
  3. Generate the HTML output by running the program.
  4. Debug the program using the Komodo debugger.

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