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The WHILE Loop The WHILE loop is one of the most useful commands in PHP. It is also quite easy to set up and use. A WHILE loop will, as the name suggests, execute a piece of code until a certain condition is met. Repeating A Set Number Of Times If you have a piece of...

The Basics Of IF If statements are used to compare two values and carry out different actions based on the results of the test. If statements take the form IF, THEN, ELSE. Basically the IF part checks for a condition. If it is true, the then statement is executed. If...

Printing Text To output text in your PHP script is actually very simple. As with most other things in PHP, you can do it in a variety of different ways. The main one you will be using, though, is print. Print will allow you to output text, variables or a combination...

Why PHP? Why you should choose PHP over other languages such as Perl or even why you should learn a scripting language at all. Learning a scripting language, or even understanding one, can open up huge new possibilities for the website. With an understanding of a...