rasmus-lerdorfa Danish/Canadian programmer.
It is easy for coding and useful for many categories of websites.
PHP is a programming language that stands for PHP Hypetextual Processing (recursive acronym). Technically PHP is just a program that lives on your computer which interprets code and executes PHP statements line by line. The PHP interpreter will execute changes to your computer or run-time environment based on the low-level instructions that the programmer issues.
It depends how complicated it is, in general most scripts will be run instantly.
There are many bad examples that one picks up when learning to become a PHP programmer. This includes writing poor and difficult to read code as well as relying too much on copying and pasting examples.
A senior programmer in general would be a programmer who is experienced. He should have a deeper knowledge of the programming language and programming in general. He would also know what steps are necessary to complete the a program. In a team of programmers working on the same project the senior programmer(s) would be the one(s) who is in charge; leading the team.
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He's a PHP Programmer and Web Designer. He is also an actor who played a part in Charmed, Medium, Pretty Little Liars.
A person who programs in PHP, which is a server-side scripting language used as the back-end of many web applications. A PHP processor processes the PHP code before it is sent to the client so the client never sees the back-end code but only HTML and other client-side code. PHP is a fairly robust and versatile programming language which is both procedural and object-orientated in nature.
You don't. PHP does not required MySQL to function. But because PHP is one of the easiest language with more built-in functions than you would ever need, and MySQL is free and easy to manage; people often use them together :)
php files can be opened in one of two ways, if you wish to view the code: use Notepad if you wish to view the output: use a web brower such as IE or Firefox when viewing the output you will have to have installed PHP onto your PC or have placed the PHP file on a webserver and view from there over the internet.
While it may be a bit harder to find a company to work for, you could always check your local listings on sites such as Monster. Another way is to become a freelance PHP programmer, taking up opportunities as they come. If you are hard pressed to find work, then check sites where people are asking for PHP work done, such as the website PHP Jobs.