Sorry for a so stupid question but...

[azure]

I know that this is an extremely stupid question but...

I never understood what php is.Can someone explain it to me please?

 

[bgt]

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.

Thats the general discription. You could always look in the Webmaster's Store located in this same exact forum for tutorials or view the post http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showpost.php?p=130220&postcount=6

 

[Jedi_Amara]

PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Processor. It's a web programming language designed as an open-source equivalent to Microsoft's ASP. It's incredibly powerful and has mostly replaced Perl/CGI as the web programming language of choice for most developers.

 

[DarkCircuit]

Yep ^^

For a lot of scripts, it ties in with mySQL and other db's to create very interesting combinations that can range from forums to topsites.

And of course PHP works great by itself, and can store things in flat text files, which is nice. Hundreds of other applications too~ Most common would be the layout include or content includes for sites.

 

[Jedi_Amara]

PHP is also fairly easy to learn as it uses a C-like syntax, making it easy for regular programmers to make the transition (half of how I learnt it).