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• We chose those subject because it appears to be a skill that is widely used
  • We were made aware of it by looking up jobs and the skills related to those jobs
• You can write HTML elements in .PHP files. So, instead of having a .html file and linking other files such as .js,
  • php adds functionality to the webpages in a single file.
• PHP stands for PHP:Hypertext Preprocessor. The name comes about because the code is mixed with HTML, interpreted and then the output is served to the client.
  • It's used because it's easy to add functionality to webpages.
  • Alternative languages to php are Python or Ruby
  • Similar to javascript
• Developed to help with personal web pages
  • Rasmus Lerdorf built it using C in 1995 to make personal web pages
  • It's open source and there are 10 people who are the "PHP group" and maintain it
• Difficult to prototype front end applications because it's server side scripting language
• Conceptually it's difficult to figure out what would be a good application to write in PHP
• Use w3 schools for PHP information
  • w3 schools PHP articles or anything in the PHP manuals.
• Interview questions regarding PHP:
  • What was the output of these lines of code, and why? Hello World
    '; ?>
  • Describe an application you built with PHP, and why?
  • What is the difference between ECHO and PRINT?

Also, please include the instructions necessary to:

Run your example. touch an index.php file run php -S localhost: In browser use URL: localhost:/index.php Do I need to run bower install? Do I need an API key? No/No Use your subject. Do I need to include it in my HTML with <script> tags? Do I need to brew installanything? Can I deploy it to Heroku? You do not need a <script> unless