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way that users can tell what you have up your sleeve.
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The best things in using PHP are that it is extremely simple
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The best part about using PHP is that it is extremely simple
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for a newcomer, but offers many advanced features for
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a professional programmer. Don't be afraid reading the long
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a professional programmer. Don't be afraid to read the long
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list of PHP's features. You can jump in, in a short time, and
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start writing simple scripts in a few hours.
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programming (OOP), or a mixture of them both.
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With PHP you are not limited to output HTML. PHP's abilities
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includes outputting images, PDF files and even Flash movies
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(using libswf and Ming) generated on the fly. You can also
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output easily any text, such as XHTML and any other XML file.
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PHP can autogenerate these files, and save them in the file
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system, instead of printing it out, forming a server-side
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cache for your dynamic content.
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With PHP you are not limited to output HTML. PHP's abilities include
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outputting rich file types, such as images or PDF files, encrypting data,
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and sending emails. You can also output easily any text, such as JSON
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or XML. PHP can autogenerate these files, and save them in the
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file system, instead of printing it out, forming a server-side cache for
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your dynamic content.
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One of the strongest and most significant features in PHP is its
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And many other interesting extensions exist, which are categorized both
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<link linkend="extensions">alphabetically</link> and by <link linkend="funcref">category</link>.
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And there are additional PECL extensions that may or may not be documented
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And there are additional <link linkend="install.pecl.intro">PECL extensions</link> that may or may not be documented
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within the PHP manual itself, like <link xlink:href="&url.xdebug;">XDebug</link>.
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