help on php..!!!

[snaphawk]

hello,
am quite new to php...but intend learning it well. where do i go to download and is it in coding forming or itsa sofeware that once installed will starting working...(like coldfusion)...i don't just want to download anything anyhow......also what a re binaries...(gone to php.net...which one should i download..i use a windows platforms)..thank you so much.

[rachel2004]

For Windows, the following installer should suffice for most versions of Windows:

PHP 4.3.7 installer [1,048Kb] - 02 June 2004

PHP is similar to ColdFusion in that it parses blocks of code identified by opening and closing tags. It's been a few years since I've worked with ColdFusion, but their tags were something like:

<cf>
// CFML stuff here
</cf>

In PHP, you use:
<?
// PHP code here
?>

or better (and recommended):
<?php

// PHP code here
?>

This website has some pretty good tutorials if you want more info:

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/php-amp-mysql-1-installation