How PHP works?

Gemma

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone can recommend any websites that will explain how PHP actually works (e.g. the server side aspect of it )and also a good diagram to illustrate this?

Thanks

kamy99

php.net

Gemma

Thanks,

I have looked here, but what i can't find anywhere is a diagram. (this is what i really need.)

tomhath

Php is a software program. You run it, provide some input, it produces output, same as pretty much every other software program. In php's case the output is (hopefully) HTML.

That's all there is to it, really. 🆒

Seriously, the answer to your question depends on many things. Do you know what cgi is? Do you know what an Apache module is? Do you mean "what is an interpreter"? Or are you talking about HTTP? Or web servers and dynamic content in general?