Task One - Hello World - PHP Tutorial

• Make a folder for the programs you are going to create. You need write permission on this folder.
• Run PhpIde.exe and type in your first program.
  
  
• Save the file into your new folder as 01hello.php.
• Press the F9 key to run the program.
• Press the F1 key to see the PHP manual.
• Press the F2 key to see the PhpIde help file.

Here is the program code ...

<?php

  echo "\n\nHello World!\n\n";

  // This is the "Hello World" application.
  // These are comment lines
  // Save this file as 01hello.php
  //
  // echo is used for TEXT OUTPUT.
  // It is like "print" in BASIC and 
  // "writeln" in Pascal and printf in "C".
  //
  // \n has a special meaning. It means "start a new line".
?>

• It is very inconvenient if Windows is hiding file extensions for known file types.
  This feature should be turned off in Windows Explorer -> Tools->Folder Options.

Learning Task

Write a more complex version of this program to display several lines
of text and get control of the text layout by using space characters.