chapter 5 Server-Side Scripting (PHP).pdf

Chapter Five
Server-Side Scripting (PHP)
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Compiled by Dawit Uta. (M. Tech.)
Computer Science Department, WSU
website address: www.davidtechnotips.com

Chapter 4
Basics of PHP
In this chapter you will learn basics of php:-
 Introduction
 What is PHP?
 Features of PHP
 Setting up PHP with apache
 Basic PHP syntax
 PHP comments, variables and its type
 Control structures
 Retrieving html form data
 Arrays and Functions
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What is PHP?
Introduction
 PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor)
 It is a server side scripting language that can be embedded
in HTML.
 PHP is a programming language that allows web developers
to create dynamic content that interacts with databases.
 It is basically used for developing web based software
applications, session tracking, for building entire e-
commerce sites.
 PHP code runs on the server and is stored in php scripts that
usually have a .php file extension.
 PHP started out as a small open source project that evolved
as more and more people found out how useful it was.
 PHP was created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994 but appeared
in the market in 1995. PHP 8.1 is new version with major
update and many new features.

 PHP supports a major protocols such as POP3, IMAP, and LDAP.
 When the server runs a PHP script the end result is always
pure HTML and CSS.
 So every PHP script ultimately gets turned into HTML and CSS
once it’s finished running on the server.
 It is integrated with a number of popular databases, including
ᴥ MySQL
ᴥ Oracle
ᴥ PostgreSQL
ᴥ Informix
ᴥ Microsoft SQL Server
ᴥ MS Access

Common applications of PHP
PHP performs system functions, i.e. from files on a system it
can create, open, read, write, and close them.
PHP can handle forms, i.e. gather data from files, save data to
a file, through email we can send data, return data to the user.
We can add, delete, modify elements within database.
Using PHP, we can restrict users to access some pages of your
website.
Add login feature to website
Encrypt data Etc…

Why PHP ? What are PHP Features
 PHP is very popular language because of its simplicity and
open source. There are some important features of PHP given
below:

Why PHP ? What are PHP Features cont…
 Performance:
 PHP script is executed much faster than those scripts which are
written in other languages such as JSP and ASP.
 PHP uses its own memory, so the server workload and loading
time is automatically reduced, which results in faster processing
speed and better performance.
 Open Source:
 PHP source code and software are freely available on the web.
 You can develop all the versions of PHP and its components
according to your requirement without paying any cost from
official web address www.php.net
 Familiarity with syntax: PHP has easily understandable syntax.
Programmers are comfortable coding with it.

 Platform Independent:
 PHP is available for WINDOWS, MAC, LINUX & UNIX
operating system.
 A PHP application developed in one OS can be easily executed in
other OS also.
 Database Support:
 PHP supports all the leading databases such as MySQL, SQLite,
ODBC, Postgresql, Oracle etc.
 Error Reporting -
 PHP has predefined error reporting constants to generate an error
notice or warning at runtime. E.g., E_ERROR, E_WARNING,
E_STRICT, E_PARSE
 Embedded
 PHP code can be easily embedded within HTML tags and script.

 Security:
 PHP is a secure language to develop the website. It consists of
multiple layers of security to prevent threads and malicious
attacks.
 Control:
 Different programming languages require long script or code,
whereas PHP can do the same work in a few lines of code.
 It has maximum control over the websites like you can make
changes easily whenever you want.
 A Helpful PHP Community:
 It has a large community of developers who regularly updates
documentation, tutorials, online help, and FAQs.
 Learning PHP from the communities is one of the significant
benefits.

 Loosely Typed Language:
 PHP allows us to use a variable without declaring its
datatype. It will be taken automatically at the time of
execution based on the type of data it contains on its value.
 Setting up PHP environment
 In order to develop and run PHP scripts, three vital
components need to be installed on your computer system.
Those are:-
Web server (Apache, Microsoft IIS )
Database (in our case MySQL)
PHP parser/interpreter : which processes the pages
before they are directed to clients as html output

For simplicity and efficient way we will use an integrated module
XAMPP webserver which includes PHP, Apache, and MySQL.
XAMPP
 Is a small and light apache distribution containing the most
common web development technologies in a single package.
 Is a module that integrate PHP, Apache web server and
MySQL database
 Its Open source
 Other option is also using WAMP server

PHP Syntax
<?php …your php code goes here…?>
 PHP code is always enclosed by <?php and ?>.
 If there is any PHP code embedded with html, it should be
saved with .php, not .html
 Statement should end with a semicolon ;

Comments
// Single line comment
# This is a comment, and
/*
Multiline comment
*/
Echo and print statement
 Used to write a text on the browser. They are more or less the
same. They are both used to output data to the screen.
 The differences are small: echo has no return value while print
has a return value of 1 so it can be used in expressions. echo can
take multiple parameters while print can take one argument.
echo is marginally faster than print.
<?php echo ‘Hello World’;
print “Hello world”; ?>

Php variables
 A variable is a container that you can store data in, and every
variable has a unique name.
Few variable naming rules
 The first character must be a dollar sign ($).
 A variable name must be at least one character in length.
 The first character after the dollar sign can be a letter or an
underscore (_), and characters after that can be a letter, an
underscore, or a number.
 Example of valid variable. $email, $how_long. etc
 Example of invalid variable. email, $how-long. Etc
 Variables in PHP do not have intrinsic types - a variable does
not know in advance whether it will be used to store a number
or a string of characters.
 Php automatically converting types from one to another when
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Variable types in PHP
 Integers:-are whole numbers, without a decimal point, like
343,123,55 ….
 Doubles:-are floating-point numbers, like 3.24, 45.3 …
 Booleans: have only two possible values either true or false
 NULL: is a special type that only has one value: NULL
 Strings: are sequences of characters, like 'PHP supports string
operations.‘ A string variable is used to store and manipulate a
piece of text
 Arrays: are named and indexed collections of other values.
 Objects: are instances of programmer defined classes,
which can package up both other kinds of values and functions
that are specific to the class.

Variable types in PHP cont…
 Resources: are special variables that hold references to
resources external to PHP (such as database
connections).
 The first five are simple types, and the next two (arrays and
objects) are compound.
 The compound types can package up other arbitrary values
of arbitrary type, whereas the simple types cannot.
 There is no size limit for variables.
 The correct way of setting a variable in PHP:
$var_name = value;

 Let's try creating a variable with a string, and a variable
with a number.
<?php
$txt = "Hello World!";
$number = 16;
?>
 In the example above, you see that you do not have to tell
PHP which data type the variable is.
 PHP automatically converts the variable to the correct data
type, depending on how they are set.

Variable Scope
 Scope can be defined as the range of availability a variable has
to the program in which it is declared.
 PHP variables can have one of four scope types
 Local variables
 Function parameters
 Global variables Reading assignment
 Static variables
PHP - Predefined Variables
 PHP provides a several predefined superglobals variables.
 All the following variables are automatically available in every
scope.

Sr.
No
Predefined Variables & their Descriptions
1 $GLOBALS
Used to access global variable which is currently available within the global
scope of the php script. Also within functions & methods.
2 $_SERVER
This is an array containing information such as headers, paths, and script
locations.
3 $_GET
An associative array of variables passed to the current script via the HTTP GET
method
4 $_POST
An associative array of variables passed to the current script via the HTTP
POST method.

Sr.
No
Variable & Description
5 $_FILES
An associative array of items uploaded to the current script via the HTTP POST method.
6 $_REQUEST
An associative array consisting of the contents of $_GET, $_POST, and
$_COOKIE.
7 $_COOKIE
An associative array of variables passed to the current script via HTTP cookies.
8 $_SESSION
An associative array containing session variables available to the current script.
9 $_PHP_SELF
A string containing PHP script file name in which it is called.

PHP constant
 Constant is a name or an identifier for a simple value.
 value cannot change during the execution of the script.
 Constants are accessed anywhere without regard to variable
scoping rules.
 Constant name starts with a letter or underscore.
 To define a constant you have to use define() function
 To retrieve the value of a constant, you have to simply specify
its name
 No need to have a constant with a $
 You can also use the function constant() to read a constant's
value if you wish to obtain the constant's name dynamically.

Example: How constants work
Valid and Invalid Constant Names
 Valid
 define("ONE", "first thing");
 define("TWO2", "second thing");
 define("THREE_3", "third thing");
 Invalid
 define("2TWO", "second thing");
 define(“#one", "second thing");
Output
50
50

PHP Operator Types
 What is Operator? Simple answer can be given using expression 4 + 5
is equal to 9. Here 4 and 5 are called operands and + is called operator.
 PHP supports following type of operators.
 Arithmetic Operators (*,/,-,+,%,++,--)
 Comparison Operators (==,!=,>,<,>=, <=)
 Logical Operators ( and, or, &&, ||, !)
 Assignment Operators( =, +=, -=, *=, /=, %=)
 The Concatenation Operator or dot (.):-is used to put/merge two
string values together.
Exercise
 Declare to variables ‘A’ and ‘B’ and apply the following operators and
see the effect:
 %, ++, --
 ==, !=
 %=, +=, -=

PHP control structures
Conditional Statements
 Very often when you write code, you want to perform different
actions for different decisions
1. if
2. if…else
3. if…elseif…else
4. switch

The if statement
Syntax
if (condition){
//code to be executed if condition is true
statement
}
 condition is evaluated to its Boolean value. If it
evaluates to TRUE, PHP will execute statement, and if
condition evaluates to FALSE - it'll ignore it.
Example
<?php
$a=10; $b=8;
if ($a > $b)
print "a is bigger than b";
?>
Output
a is bigger than b

if… else statement
 Often you'd want to execute a statement if a certain
condition is met, and a different statement if the condition is
not met.
Syntax:
if (condition){
//some code here
}
else{
// run if condition is false
}
Example
<?php
$a=10; $b=8;
if ($a < $b) {
print "a is bigger than b";
}
else {
print "a is NOT bigger than b";
}
?>
Output
a is NOT bigger than b

if..elseif…else
 Execute a set of code if one of several condition are
true.
Syntax:
if (condition 1)
//if condition 1 is true this will run
elseif (condition 2)
//if condition 2 is true this will run
else
//if all of the above are not true this will run

Example: How if…elseif…else works
<?php
$number = 12;
if ($number < 0)
echo ‘Number is negative’;
elseif ($number == 0)
echo ‘Number is zero’;
elseif ($number > 0)
echo ‘Number is positive ’;
?>
Output
Number is positive

switch
 If you want to select one of many blocks of code to be
executed, use the Switch statement
Syntax:
switch (expression){
case label1:
code to be executed if expression = label1;
break;
case label2:
code to be executed if expression = label2;
break;
default:
code to be executed
if expression is different from both label1 and label2; }

how it works:
 A single expression (most often a variable) is evaluated
once.
 The value of the expression is compared with the values for
each case in the structure.
 If there is a match, the code associated with that case is
executed.
 After a code is executed, break is used to stop the code
from running into the next case.
 The default statement is used if none of the cases are true.

Example to show How switch works
<?php
$userAction="save";
switch ($userAction ) {
case "open":
echo "Opening the file"; break;
case "save":
echo "Saving the file"; break;
case "close":
echo "Close the file"; break;
case "logout":
echo "Log the user out"; break;
default:
echo "Please choose an option"; } ?>

PHP Loop Types
 Looping statements in PHP are used to execute the
same block of code again and again until a certain
condition is met. The four types of loops are
1. while loop
2. do…while loop
3. for loop
4. foreach loop, which work specifically with arrays.

while loop
 execute a block of code if and as long as a test
expression is true
 Syntax:
while (condition)
{
//code to be executed;
}

Example
output

do…while loop
 Execute a block of code at least once.
 It then will repeat the loop as long as a condition is
true.
 Syntax:
do
{
}
while (condition);

Example
<?php
$i = 0;
$num = 0;
do
{
$i++;
echo "The number is " . $i . " ";
}
while( $i < 10 );
echo ("Loop stopped at i = $i" );
?>
output

for loop
 The for statement is used when you know how many times you
want to execute a statement or a list of statements.
Syntax
for (initialization; condition; increment/decrement)
{
code to be executed;
}
 The for statement has three parameters. The first parameter
initializes variables, the second parameter holds the condition, and
the third parameter contains the increments required to implement
the loop.
 If more than one variable is included in the initialization or the
increment parameter, they should be separated by commas. The
condition must evaluate to true or false.

Example
<?php
$a = 0;
$b = 0;
for( $i=0; $i<5; $i++ )
{
$a += 10;
$b += 5;
}
echo "At the end of the loop a=$a and b=$b" ;
?>
Output
At the end of the loop a=50 and b=25

foreach loop
 Used to loop through arrays.
 For each pass
 value of the current array element is assigned to $value
 the array pointer is moved by one
 in the next pass next element will be processed
 Syntax:
foreach (array as $value)
{
}

Example
<?php
$arr = array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
foreach( $arr as $value )
{
echo "Value is” .$value. ” ";
} output
?>

Arrays in php
 Array is a data structure that stores one or more similar
type of values in a single variable.
 For example if you want to store 100 numbers then instead
of defining 100 variables its easy to define an array of 100
length.
Types of Array
1. Numeric
2. Associative
3. Multidimensional--- Read
1. Numeric Arrays: is an array with a numeric index.
 By default array index starts from zero.
$numbers = array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
// Another method of creating array
$numbers[0] = “one”;
$numbers[1] = ‘two’;

<?php
$numbers = array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
foreach( $numbers as $value ) {
echo "Value is $value "; }
?>

2. Associative Array
An array with strings as index. This stores
element values in association with key values
rather than in a strict linear index order.
Example:
<?php
$salaries = array(“Aman" => 2000, “kedir" => 1000,
"zara" => 500);
echo "Salary of Aman is ". $salaries[Aman'] . " ";
echo "Salary of Kedir is ". $salaries[‘kedir']. " ";
echo "Salary of zara is ". $salaries['zara']. " ";?>

PHP Functions
 A function is a block of code that can be executed whenever
we need it.
 The real power of PHP comes from its functions.
 In php there are more than 1000 built-in functions available.
Fore example
 The date/time functions allow us to get the date and time
from the server where our php script runs.
 We can use this functions to format the date and time in
several ways.
 Note: These functions depend on the locale settings of your
server.

php function cont…
 All functions start with the word "function"
 Name the function - It should be possible to
understand what the function does by its name.
 The name can start with a letter or underscore
(not a number) followed by () brackets.
 Add a "{" The function code starts after the
opening curly brace.
 Insert the function code Add a "}"
 The function is finished by a closing curly brace

A simple function examples
<html>
<body>
<?php
function writeMyName()
{
echo “John kery";
}
writeMyName();
?>
</body>
</html>
The above function is a very
simple function. It only writes a
static string.
Using the function in a PHP script:
<html><head></head>
<body>
<?php
function writeMyName()
{
echo "Kai Jim Robson";
}
echo "Hello world! ";
echo "My name is ";
writeMyName();
echo ". That's right, ";
writeMyName();
echo " is my name.";
?>
</body>
</html>

To add more functionality to a function, we can add
parameters. A parameter is just like a variable.
writeMyName(“John");
echo "My name is ";
writeMyName("Hagere");
echo "My name is ";
writeMyName(“Bruke");
?>
</body>
</html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
function
writeMyName($fname)
{
echo $fname . "
Robson. ";
}
echo "My name is ";

PHP Functions - Return values
<html>
<body>
<?php
function add($x, $y)
{
$total = $x + $y;
return $total;
}
echo “the sum of 1 + 16 is = " . add(1,16);
?>
</body>
</html>

PHP Form Handling
 Now it ’ s time to start real world applications with PHP.
 A key part of most PHP applications is the ability to accept
input from the person using the application.
 One of the most common ways to receive input from the user
of a Web application is via an HTML form.
$_GET and $_POST Superglobal array variables
 $_GET and $_POST variables are used to collect form-data.
 They are super global array variables , which means that they
are always accessible, regardless of scope and you can access
them from any function, class or file without declaring them
explicitly as global $variable; scripts to capture the data sent
from html forms.
 They contains the field names from the sent form as array
keys, with the field values themselves as array values.

GET method and $_GET variable
 Information sent from html form with the GET method
is visible to everyone (all variable names and values
are displayed in the URL).
 GET also has limits on the amount of data to send.
 It is useful for sending small amounts of data and
makes it easy for the user to resubmit the data.
 The page and the encoded information are separated
by the ? Character. Like below link
http://www.test.com/index.htm?name1=value1&name2
=value2

GET cont…
 Never use GET method if you have password or
other sensitive information to be sent to the server.
 Not recommended be used to send binary data, like
images or word documents
 GET may be used for sending non-sensitive data.
 If you wish to collect data using GET instead of POST,
you have to change the value of the method attribute
of the form as GET.
 $_GET variable:- Holds the submitted data.

How it works
 The example below displays a simple HTML form with
two input fields and a submit button.
 action attribute tells the web browser where to send
the form data when the user fills & submits the form.
 When the user fills out the form above and clicks the
submit button, the form data is sent to “test.php".
 method attribute tells the browser how to send the
form data.
 The form data is sent with the HTTP GET method.

Cont…
 Create php file (test.php file look like this)

POST method and $_POST variable
 Information sent from a form with the POST
method is invisible to others (all names/values are
embedded within the body of the HTTP request).
 Does not have any restriction on data size to be
sent.
 Moreover POST supports advanced functionality
such as support for multi-part binary data while
uploading files to server, to send ASCII. The URL
look like this
http://www.w3schools.com/test.php
However, because the variables are not displayed in
the URL, it is not possible to bookmark the page.

 $_POST:- is global variable that accepts the sent
data.
 If you wish to collect data using POST instead of
GET, you have to change the value of the method
attribute of the form as POST.
 Developers prefer POST for sending form data.

How it works
 When the user fills out the form above and clicks the
submit button, the form data is sent to “test.php".
 The form data is sent with the HTTP POST method.

Create php file (test.php)

 When user submits data by clicking on "Submit“
button, data typed on two fields of the form goes to
the file mentioned as a value of the action attribute
called test.php.
 For other case developers do use the file itself for
processing form data.
So, <?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?> points
to the file itself.

The $_REQUEST Variable
 The php $_REQUEST variable contains the contents of
both $_GET, $_POST, and $_COOKIE.
 The php $_REQUEST variable can be used to get the
result from form data sent with both the GET and
POST methods.
Example
Welcome <?php echo $_REQUEST["name"]; ?>. 
You are <?php echo $_REQUEST["age"]; ?> years old!

Database Programming using PHP
Overview on MySQL database
 An application is a program or a group of programs designed for
use by an end user (for example, customers, members).
 If the end user interacts with the application via a Web browser,
the application is a Web based or Web application.
 If the Web application requires the long-term storage of
information using a database, it is a Web database application.
 MySQL is developed, marketed, and supported by MySQLAB,
which is a Swedish company.
 The company licenses it in two ways :
1. Open source software: MySQL is available through the GNU
GPL (General Public License). you can use MySQL for free

Overview on MySQL database cont…
2. Commercial license: MySQL is available with a commercial license
for those who prefer it to the GPL. If a developer wants to use MySQL
as part of a new software product and wants to sell the new product
rather than release it under the GPL, the developer needs to purchase a
commercial license.
 MySQL is RDBMSs (Relational Database Management Systems),
in which data is organized and stored in a set of related tables and
well suited for Web sites.
 MySQL is the de-facto standard database system for web sites with
HUGE volumes of both data and end-users (like Facebook, Twitter,
and Wikipedia).
 It is ideal for both small and large applications
 It is very fast, reliable, inexpensive, secure, customizable, easy to
use, cross-platform and uses standard SQL.
 With PHP, you can connect to and manipulate databases.

Understanding the MySQL Privilege System
 You need to control access to the information in your database.
 You need to decide who can see the data and who can change it.
 MySQL provides a security system for protecting your data. No
one can access the data in your database without an account.
 Each account is either allowed or not allowed to perform an
operation in your database, such as SELECT, DELETE, INSERT,
CREATE, or DROP.
 The settings that specify what an account can do are privileges, or
permissions.
 You can set up an account with all permissions, no permissions, or
anything in between. For instance, for an online product shop, you
want the customer to be able to see the information in the shop but
not be able to change it.
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MySQL account permission
Permissions can be granted or removed individually or all at once

Using phpMyAdmin
 phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in php intended to
handle the administration of MySQL database over the World Wide
Web through your web browser.
 It’s integrated with MySQL database in XAMPP package.
 It supports a wide range of operations with MySQL.
 Browse and drop databases, tables, views, fields and indexes.
 Create, copy, drop, rename and alter databases, tables, fields and
indexes.
 Execute, edit and bookmark any SQL-statement, even batch-
queries.
 Used to Manage MySQL users, privileges, procedures and triggers.
 Import data from CSV and SQL.
 Export data to various formats: CSV, SQL, XML, PDF and others

PHP Connect to MySQL
Basic operation on data base using php
The basic steps of performing a query includes:
 Connect to the database.
 Select the database to use.
 Build a SELECT statement.
 Perform the query.
 Display the results

 PHP 5 and later can work with a MySQL database using:
i. MySQLi extension (the "i" stands for improved)
ii. PDO (PHP Data Objects)
 Earlier versions of PHP used the MySQL extension. However, this
extension was deprecated in 2012
 Should I Use MySQLi or PDO?
 The short answer would be "Whatever you like".
 Both MySQLi and PDO have their advantages:
 PDO will work on 12 different database systems, whereas MySQLi
will only work with MySQL databases.
 Both are object-oriented, but MySQLi also offers a procedural API.
 Both support Prepared Statements. Prepared Statements protect
from SQL injection, and are very important for web application
security.

Opening Database Connection
 Before we can access data in the MySQL database, we need to be able to
connect to the server:
 mysqli_connect function is used to open a database connection
 This function returns TRUE on success, or FALSE on failure.
 have 3 main parameters
 mysqli_connect(“host”,”username”,”pwd”);
Parameter Description
Host: Optional. Specifies the server to connect to (can also
include a port number, e.g. "hostname:port").
Default value is "localhost:3306“Optional.
Username: Specifies the username to log in with. Default
value is the name of the user that owns the server process
Pwd: Optional. Specifies the password to log in with. Default is ""
MySQLi (object-oriented), MySQLi (procedural), PDO

<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
// Create connection
$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
echo "Connected successfully";
?>
Example (MySQLi Procedural)

<?php
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error); }
echo "Connected successfully";
?>
Example (MySQLi Object-Oriented)

Close the Connection
 The connection will be closed automatically when the script ends.
To close the connection before, use the following
MySQLi Object-Oriented:
$conn->close();
MySQLi Procedural:
mysqli_close($conn);
PDO:
$conn = null;

Example (MySQLi Object-oriented)
<?php
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
// Create database
$sql = "CREATE DATABASE myDB";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
echo "Database created successfully";
} else {
echo "Error creating database: " . $conn->error;
}
$conn->close();
?>

Creating Database in PHP
 PHP uses mysql_query function to create a MySQL
database.
 takes two parameters and returns TRUE on success
or FALSE on failure
 mysql_query( sql, connection );

Deleting a Tables in PHP
mysqli_query() function used to drop
table from database.
 DROP TABLE tablename;
Inserting Data to MySQL DB
Data can be entered into MySQL tables by
executing SQL INSERT statement through
PHP function mysqli_query.

Getting Data From MySQL Database
 by executing SQL SELECT statement through PHP
function mysqli_query.
 mysqli_fetch_array() used to fetch.
Updating data in MySQL Database
 UPDATE statement through PHP function
 mysqli_query.
Deleting Data from MySQL Database
 SQL DELETE statement through PHP function
 mysqli_query.

Exercise
• Create a form with name and password
• Create a database named ‘Member’
• Create a table named ‘Admin’
• Insert the form data to ‘Admin’ table
when the user clicks submit.

File inclusion in php
 You can include the content of a PHP , HTML file into another
PHP file before the server executes it. There are two PHP
functions which can be used to included one PHP file into
another PHP file.
 The include() Function
 The require() Function
 This is a strong point of PHP which helps in creating functions,
headers, footers, or elements that can be reused on multiple
pages. This will help developers to make it easy to change the
layout of complete website with minimal effort. If there is any
change required then instead of changing thousand of files just
change included file.

Assume we have a standard footer file called "footer.php", that
looks like this:
<?php
echo "Copyright © 2022 ";
?>
To include the footer file in a page, use the include
statement:
<html>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to my home page!</h1>
Some text.
<?php include 'footer.php';?>
</body>
</html>

The include() Function
 The include() function takes all the text in a specified file and copies
it into the file that uses the include function. If there is any problem
in loading a file then the this function generates a warning but the
script will continue execution.
The require() Function
 The require() function takes all the text in a specified file and copies
it into the file that uses the include function.
 If there is any problem in loading a file then the this function
generates a fatal error messages or you may get plain
 warning messages or nothing at all and halt the execution of the
script. This depends on your PHP Server configuration So there is no
difference in require() and include() except they handle error
conditions.
 Use require when the file is required by the application.
 Use include when the file is not required and application should
continue when file is not found.

The PHP date() function is used to format a date and/or
a time.
PHP Date and Time
Parameter Description
format Required. Specifies the format of the timestamp
timestamp Optional. Specifies a timestamp. Default is the current
date and time
Syntax
date(format,timestamp)

Example
<?php
echo "Today is " .date("Y/m/d") . " ";
echo "Today is " . date("Y.m.d") . " ";
echo "Today is " . date("Y-m-d") . " ";
echo "Today is " . date("l");
?>
The End!

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