Introduction

It's almost hard to believe that, up until a few years ago, putting pen to paper was still the most common method of corresponding with long-lost relatives or distant business partners. Today, email is all-pervasive - it has a user base ranging from grandmothers to computer geeks to kids. E-Mail is the fastest and most efficient way to communicate.


Getting Started

What is PHP? - PHP, or Hypertext Pre-Processor, is an open source server-side scripting language. It is also open source, cross-platform, and HTML-embedded - meaning that the PHP script is first processed by the Web server, then sent back to the browser (user) as plain HTML. PHP is useful for generating dynamic information, controlling the server, uploading files, sending rich HTML email, and more.

What is MySQL? - MySQL is a small, compact database server ideal for large and small PHP applications.


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