PHP

How to get a baisic php website running.

PHP is a Template language. It sort of has it's own html tag. <?php [code] ?>

index.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <h1>Current Time:</h1>
    <?php
        $current_time = date("h:i:sa");
        echo "<p>Current time is $current_time</p>";
    ?>
  </body>
</html>

If you run php index.php > output.html & open output.html you will get an html with the current time substituted.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <h1>Current Time:</h1>
    <p>Current time is 04:28:45pm</p>
  </body>
</html>

In fact, it doesn't even need to be HTML.

Hello World at <?php
    $current_time = date("h:i:sa");
    echo "$current_time";
?>.

Compiles into Hello World at 04:38:02pm. just fine.

PHP just replaces it's own code with the code's output.

Server

A server that automatically compiles all requested php files is a builtin command.

php -S localhost:8000

SQLite

SQLite comes out of the box

<?php
$db = new SQLite3('sqlite3db.db');

$results = $db->query('select * from db');
while ($row = $results->fetchArray()) {
var_dump($row);
}
?>