How to open a .PHP file? What is a PHP file? How to open php files.
Files with the PHP extension are PHP source code files that contain hypertext preprocessor code. They are often used as web page files that generate HTML from a PHP engine located on the server.
The PHP engine creates HTML content from the code that we see in the browser. Since the program code runs on the server, when we go to a PHP page, we do not get access to the code itself, but only to the HTML content that the server generates.
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Some PHP source code files use a different extension, such as PHTML, PHP3, PHP4, PHP5, PHP7, or PHPS.
How to open PHP files
PHP files are text documents, so you can open them by anyone text editor or in the browser. IN operating system Windows will not have a question about how to open a PHP file. To do this, you can use the Notepad editor. But when writing PHP code, it is convenient when the syntax is highlighted, so it is better to give preference to a specialized editor.
Notepad++ is a free text editor with syntax highlighting. Here are some more editors for PHP: Adobe Dreamweaver, Eclipse PHP Development Tools , Zend Studio , phpDesigner , EditPlus and WeBuilder . These programs can edit PHP files, but cannot run the code. This requires other applications such as Apache Web Server.
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Some PHP files may actually be multimedia files or images that accidentally included the .PHP extension in their name.
In such a case, change the file extension before opening PHP in the desired program. If it is an MP4 file, then it should open in the video player.
How to convert a PHP file
Explore jason_encode documentation on PHP.net to learn how to convert PHP arrays in Javascript - code JSON format (JavaScript Object Notation). Such conversion is only possible in PHP 5.2 and higher.
PHP files cannot be converted to multimedia format, such as MP4 or JPG. If you need to download a file, and you know that this file is an image or video, then simply change its extension from PHP to the desired format: MP4 or JPG.
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When you rename, you do not convert the file, but give you the opportunity to open it in a suitable program. Before you open a PHP file in your browser, you need to understand that you can do the actual conversion using conversion tools.
What is needed for PHP to work with HTML
PHP code embedded in an HTML file is recognized as PHP rather than HTML if it is enclosed in the following tags:
< ?php [код PHP] ?>
To make a link in an HTML file to PHP file, use the code below, in which instead of footer.php enter the name of your file:
< ?php include "footer.php";?>
Sometimes a web page uses PHP by linking to a URL in which the default PHP file is named index.php. It might look something like this:
http://www.examplesite.com/index.php.
More information on PHP
The official website of this programming language is PHP.net. If you want to learn more about how to work with PHP, you can refer to the full documentation. Good resource also W3Schools.
The first version of PHP was released in 1995 and was called Personal Home Page Tools ( tools for creating personal home pages) or PHP Tools.
Most common using PHP- this is the execution of scripts on the server. In this case it is necessary collaboration PHP parser, browser and server. The browser contacts the server on which it is running software PHP, and displays everything that happens on the server on the page.
Another use is executing scripts command line, when neither the browser nor the server are in use. Similar type PHP implementations useful for automated tasks.
PHPS files are syntax highlighting files. Some PHP servers are configured so that they automatically highlight syntax in files with this extension. This setting can be enabled in the httpd.conf configuration file. You can read more about syntax highlighting, PHP format and how to open it here.
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PHP Website File Format
PHP is known as a server-side scripting language. It is used in web development. In addition, it is a programming language general purpose. It was created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994. The language is currently used on more than 240 million websites. Files with the PHP extension are web pages that contain code in a specified programming language.
Technical information about PHP files
PHP files can contain code that is used to perform various online processes. The PHP engine on the web server parses the PHP code contained in the file and dynamically generates HTML code from it. This is what the user sees when visiting a web page. The underlying PHP code and the corresponding file are not visible to the user.
Additional information about the PHP format
| File extension | .php |
| File category | |
| Example file | (2.58 KiB) |
| Related programs | Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 Eclipse PHP Development Tools Zend Studio MPSoftware phpDesigner ES-Computing EditPlus Blumentals WeBuilder Notepad++ WampServer Web browsers |
