Learn PHP in 15 minutes

PHP is one of the most useful languages to know and is used everywhere you look online. In this tutorial, I start from the beginning and show you how to start writing PHP scripts.
The video covers the software you need to get started, data types, outputting data, variables, concatenating strings, operators, if statements, HTML forms, arrays and loops.
Check out my Learn HTML in 12 Minutes video for a quick introduction to HTML, which will be useful before trying to understand this tutorial:
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[@rclair7650]

Played video twice the speed, learned PHP in less than 8 minutes

[@dercad2558]

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[@gabriellima9808]

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[@theinvinciblespirit696]

Wow! Man great achievement

[@Avinash-de4jm]

I learnt it in 3 mins

[@androidmode2799]

Something like frame dropping may have happened

[@TheGaRaK]

Finally an excellent PHP introduction for anyone with a basic programming knowledge. Good job!

[@kingarkamani1455]

Exactly

[@rajputboyzmultiplechannel5924]

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[@anna-ripley]

I thought the same - a nice, quick overview if you are already a programmer and don't want a long story about what a variable is bla-bla-bla etc. Great job!!

[@lanielleblanton2929]

john paul hey, are you a programmer?

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[@gregorykalenian5169]

Anyone else here in 2019? This is still more informative/relevant than anything else I have found in my quest to teach myself web development.

[@KarmaMan82]

There is still a Apache and PHP running native on Mac OSX! You only need to download PHP, configure php.ini, you can run it native on Windows with IIS too! Linux-Distro's has their own packages with Apache, PHP and MySQL in their repositories on thier mirrors! apt-get install apache2 php7 .... Why do I need MAMP, WAMP or XAMPP?

[@divyanshuawadhiya1649]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnrSeI2VaZqjr68 Learn html and css build awesome web page

[@cornerstonehoneybees2525]

Nope - now watching it in 2020

[@corneliupetre]

@@divyanshuawadhiya1649 Html and Css is only for a static site..., for who want a ''little action" is not a good ideea about your sugestion....

[@raymondting6614]

GUYS! any idea which component should i download within the wamp?

[@imbezo]

0:00 PHP Introduction 1:01 Installing WAMP/MAMP 2:00 PHP FIle 2:55 Outputting strings 4:08 Variables 5:12 Concatenation 5:51 Operators 6:56 If statements 8:15 Handling data from HTML forms 9:53 Getting POST data / Array 10:53 Arrays explained 12:29 Loops Jake, if you add to this to the bottom of the description it will automatically add chapters to the video. Hope this helps anyone looking for em!

[@JoeMemes]

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[@VenemonTV]

Thanks! Love

[@yaminidilipbhekare5722]

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[@pepi8433]

is that all u need to know???

[@picabloo]

Thank you so much. You condensed a 3 hour lecture into 15 minutes!

[@gameworlduk6657]

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[@User.Joshua]

I spent most of my day (6-7 hours) learning exactly what you just taught in 15 minutes. Good job, Jake. You're an awesome teacher.

[@empirejunaid3356]

Hey! if you want to learn Php here is a link where daily 6 uploads on PHP kzbin.info/door/-3t_DgK8UxT7VBiQeECewQ

[@lukomorphisidius946]

If you want to learn php then watch this video

[@User.Joshua]

It has been 5 years fellas, I’m a pretty good PHP developer now.

[@lukomorphisidius946]

@@User.Joshua I am a c++ dev

[@hemantkulkarni8840]

@@User.Joshua from which site you learnt?

[@yoramswiers]

Honestly you are a better teacher than the one I have in college. Your going fast but it's all crystal clear (if you have at least some basic understanding of code in general). Thank you keep it up!

[@may83195]

Thank you so much! I was having trouble getting myself to starting to learn PHP for a class and this video was just non-threatening and informative enough to kick me into it! The phrase "the hardest step is the first one" never felt more true...

[@wyddindustries2974]

This style of video is excellent. As a programmer looking to learn a new language, this drops me right where I want to be without spending hours explaining how ints work. It's fast-paced for beginners which is also excellent, its easy to pause a video and very difficult to fast forward to the next topic. Thank you very much, keep up the good work.

[@dchambers986]

Absolutely First Class. MIT students should be so lucky. Superlative conveyance of info. Excellent articulation. Organized and fast, with no mistakes. Jake, you're a PRO! Thanks for posting.

[@gabriellima9808]

@@rajputboyzmultiplechannel5924 this stupid dingus is spamming in a comment made 6 years ago

[@ematene272]

5 years on and still a great intro tutorial. Thank you.

[@JaySalia97]

Thank you so so so much for this, crisp and to the point. You condensed a 3 hour lecture into 15 minutes and I learnt so much. Thank you! :)

[@thefoodrebellion7980]

Brilliant and concise! I haven't touched PHP in a year or so and this helped me remember the syntax. Thank you

[@mr_clean575]

10 years later and this tutorial is still extremely useful!!!

[@alexperez-ue4ne]

I used your Docker tutorial that includes PHP in a container to run this PHP tutorial. Best educational 30 minutes I've had in years. Thanks.

[@Simon_Laserna]

Hell yes! Thank you for going at a decent pace. Way easier to go back and re-watch than fast forwarding. Really good job!

[@kunalmandalia1165]

Short and to the point - really helped get me started, thanks for making this Jake

[@elizabethhanna6285]

Thank you, I am doing a project on PHP and this really helped me out. I have never used a scripting language before so I was intimidated but your teaching style and speed was great!

[@vinothp9045]

Hi

[@nathanaelmorgan8604]

Excellent tutorial, this is exactly what I needed. Still relevant even 8 years later! Thank you Jake.

[@sophiekim2677]

I love your tutorial videos so much!! PHP is just only 15mins but I can learn basic variables, array and loop:) I fully understand basic php from this video!

[@Goon2006]

Great video! Its very rare that in tutorial video people actually say what each line mean and what it does. Thank you.

[@hcorp560]

Super simple and helpful. Still a super relevant tutorial 3 years later.

[@VagueVoice]

Excellent man! Literally the first time seeing these php concepts and your quick way of explaining gives a great oversight into what you can do with this language. Cheers!

[@JonnyBeoulve]

You're a great teacher.

[@manualLaborer]

damn you jake. best 15 minutes of my life. ps - i wrote this comment in php.

[@jaegercuyo115]

Great video!! I have been coding in C for 5 years and now starting in web development and databases. This video was just what I needed. Thanks!!!

[@V.A.L.009]

This is the perfection definition of "Old, but Gold". Even a decade later, this guy's tutorial is still so efficient

[@2006babuks]

Very useful and very informative. Straightaway subscribed to the channel to learn more. Thank you for the video.

[@rajputboyzmultiplechannel5924]

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[@Damathematician]

I found this lesson to be quite helpful. Thank you for taking the time to do this!

[@nodell8729]

Jesus Christ! I even went for double speed, so I can spend another minute to appreciate your work! A great tutorial. Exactly what I needed before my exam, just a clear essence. It only 15 minutes, but it has content for couple of hours of another tutorials :D

[@goedertrealestate4927]

The best 15-minute lesson I've watched. Thank you for the good lesson!

[@kickpublishing]

Dammit I only have 10 minutes - better learn something else like French or JAVA

[@bence0302bence]

So relatable.

[@lilwarthog]

Wish java was a 10 minute learn. Php seems like a sloppy server java api

[@puchu9507]

yea sure, and make a big fat app with java which does only addition and uses your whole RAM, genius developers, no doubt projects are garbage these days

[@puchu9507]

@@lilwarthog LMAO, pretty sure you are the one who disliked the video, a person who says PHP is java API ha ha haaaaa haaaaaaaaaa, that's a genuine laugh like the raccoon said No doubt developers these days are crappy, they tend to favour a heavy, complicated application over light, simple application to achieve the same goal

[@cgalo]

x1.5 speed

[@fractalmoetv]

Nice editting work on this tutorial Jake, great pace. Thanks for a concise intro.

[@karldavid4621]

Man thank you very much! The tutorial was clear and straight to the point. I watched this video because I would like to review or sharpen my web development skills and this has helped me a lot.

[@95atomic95]

Please make more tutorials !!! This is the only KZbin Channel,where the things are explain in details and clear !!!

[@Goofy8907]

Great video man, very informative but yet simple and to the point! You have a new subscriber!

[@ousmanetall1286]

Thanks Jake Wright, i am in senegal(african country) these very important and very useful utorial you put on, in a few time and simply full you teach one vast universal programming knowlodge!!!!! thanks thanks thanks your are wonderful

[@darellarocho5729]

I wish you the best of luck, man!

[@empirejunaid3356]

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[@gavinputterill3170]

Great video mate! I wish more coding content on the web was this clear and concise.

[@ritupatel7026]

Wow.... This was incredible. You covered so many things in just 15 minutes,everything precise, prefect, straightforward. You are a great teacher. Thank you so much, this video was really very helpful... Thanks, once again.

[@mcgriddletime915]

Thank you for this. 4 years later and still relevant. I wanted to say thank you for taking the time to explain the structure of coding in php. I was having the hardest time writing. Essentially I wanted to write essays, before I could write sentences. Your video helped to break that down for me. Including how to access the data passed from the form to accessing using the super global _post[] explanation. Good work. Hope to see more of this.

[@youtubecontent5389]

10 years later and still relevant.

[@zakzoghbi]

Amazing , thank you

[@Dark_Rizz]

Sup man

[@SkulzR]

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[@samuelnewking6184]

Great video. I'm here in 2020 and this has been lurking around the web since 2013. Thanks man.

[@davidchapman3375]

Great Video for visual learners. No fluff, just examples - Thanks!

[@ShopPinkZebraFashions]

wow that was amazing and easy to understand. although i am still having a little problem figuring out the foreach command, guess I'll keep studying some more. thanks for the information. :)

[@digontaahmed8421]

very helpful tutorial mate. apprecite you and ur work. Sincerly thanks.

[@selections199]

after learning your HTML tutorial and finally mastering it, now i will learn PHP, that's the most best teacher for web developmente, thank you

[@mark1282]

I've been writing PHP for over 10 years. But for some reason I decided to watch this. Maybe nostalgia. It's great how you simply the concepts for someone who's new to the language.

[@mr.tapeworm3481]

These videos are awesome. Is it possible to make a similar video for Javascript? (assuming all the parts that is similar to a programming language is known by the viewers) That will be really helpful.

[@jakewrightnet]

I'll be doing a Javascript tutorial soon :)

[@mr.tapeworm3481]

:D

[@abhishekgupta9208]

Great!

[@truemamrdi4all]

+Mr. Tapeworm What is the editor, does it work under windows? Thx

[@areavoucher1514]

+Paul Sahara it's sublime tool!

[@AseEdi]

Well done, Jake! Thanks for being the first person to introduce me to an entirely new world in software development!

[@muammarthangkhiew2619]

Thank you man, you saved so much of my time, I think it's only fitting that I spend a few seconds to write a comment of appreciation! Thank you!!!

[@sadmansaqueeb]

thank you so much. have learned many things in a very short time. I tried to learn these for 2yrs but could not probably because they were too long lessons and I got nervous! thanks man. have a blessed life!

[@PeterAllegro]

best tutorial on the internet!

[@abhishekgupta9208]

Agreed.

[@infn8loopmusic]

Really great video. Right to the point, and great explanation. Thanks for taking the time to record and post.

[@liveleaky7571]

Michael Riccardi where are you from?

[@infn8loopmusic]

LucasAndAGuitar connecticut

[@puremathematics390]

Huge gratitude to Jake for this tutorial! I have been struggling with PHP for my website. After watching this tutorial, I was missing MAMP. Can now run PHP. Also, appreciated his use of Sublime!

[@10ianboy10]

I know html, css and javasacript. Was looking to get a basic introduction to PHP. This was a perfect video for me, thank you Jake

[@jellybean022]

a very helpful video....thnx alot jake

[@tatebrother]

Geetanjali Rajput is it really tat helpful

[@editedrectangle1385]

4.5 months of my collage in 15 minutes 💀🍧

[@mariem.7223]

I am doing a crash course on PHP writing script and listening to this video made me understand more what i have learned . Great video! :)

[@loool21]

Amazing tutorial with quick explanations, a 5+ hour course condensed into 15 minutes. Although I would say the forms arrays and loops needed to be explained a little more as I did not really understand the concept but was able practically. Thank you so much for this definitely needed PHP tutorial!

[@justinspace6335]

I can't find htdocs from the wamp folderO_o for pc

[@efx0068]

www folder

[@ashishjakhariya1523]

want more tutorials on website designing

[@ukaszandrzejczyk6774]

bro, i've been looking for stuff like that for years i swear, this had such basics, but was quick and really good explained, i guess every1 will understand

[@korimhosen7137]

PHP introduction for anyone with a basic programming knowledge.its very good job

[@WhirlybirdFlyer]

Anyone using WAMP on windows 10, in order to view your page try localhost:80 instead of localhost:8888

[@arxie6395]

On windows you don't need the port at all as it is default. You can just type: localhost

[@joebob4383]

what php book would you recommend?

[@nugget4798]

Joe Bob php Storm i think

[@yesyouarerightbut3200]

@@nugget4798 Lol. "PHP Storm" is an IDE not a book.

[@RapFanMan1]

Best part about this that you came here knowing nothing about PHP and Getting out with knowing plenty good amount of knowledge about PHP in short tiime❤️❤️❤️

[@habibtahardjebbar2056]

you know what , you are fabulous , better than wasting 2 or 3 hours in nothing , thank you so much sir

[@justguest5231]

Let's make "Learn OOP in 15 or 30 minutes" :)

[@truemamrdi4all]

+Gosha Uzuzu Yes, that is my wish too, I want to learn but not for years, give us 15

[@rajputboyzmultiplechannel5924]

WampServer is a Windows web development environment:kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIfVfamBq6afm9U

[@wyldeed]

You gotta be kidding me! PHP in 15 minutes. It's taken me that long just to get used to the PHP tag.

[@epixwowgaming5889]

+Ed Wylde than ure just plain stupid,i got used to php tag in 5 min

[@wyldeed]

Wow! You're really showing your lack of intelligence, you can't even spell the word 'then' Aren't we so lucky to have a self proclaimed genius' like you in the world. Your mentality is so low that you can't even make a worthwhile comment without resorting to basic insults. What a moron!!!

[@epixwowgaming5889]

Ed Wylde still got used to php faster than u dumbfuck

[@wyldeed]

Woo Hoo! Come in spinner ... Na - na - na - na - na - na my dad's bigger than your dad. Like I said before , no intelligence, what a moron!

[@eosapril]

+Ed Wylde about 5 months i learn Php and i know nothing =))) i reach at oop, is hard, veri hard, 15 min? ha ha ha =)))) you are right

[@MRSDR100]

Thanks so much! This was really straight to the point. I think it helps if someone has a little bit of basic idea of programming behind them (like minimum basics) but even not I don't think this would be to difficult to get the basic idea. Great job!

[@m9ant]

Almost 10 years later adn here it is, the video that makes me start php learning, thank you.

[@nedshnible]

i like your voice boy

[@pixelart0124]

As of this moment, you have exactly 12321 subs :P

[@pixelart0124]

I almost don't wanna subscribe lol

[@CesarTreetops]

lol palindrome

[@conter888]

Now 212k 😄

[@lisanne1711]

I watched this about 4 years ago, back then I didn't understand it. But I was intrigued. Now 4 years later, in college doing a bachelor's computer science. Thanks Jake.

[@APJS8519]

This is really superb. Was a hassle getting the server set-up but that wasn't your fault. Content super and great coverage!

[@badnam3189]

15 min??? nope,,,, 14:59

[@studgunner69]

mine says 15:00 lol

[@omespino]

+Badnam3 Close enoght, ROLF haha

[@wildesander]

Yep, fake title & clickbait. already reported.

[@regenration640]

sikk bassturd mine. Is the same as yours

[@albertin9783]

Badnam3 thanks

[@dust-binladen3274]

I wish this guy did the same for Python and VBScript

[@TheTrh51]

+AnarchyVisions VBScript.... just no. Python is just so much better

[@dust-binladen3274]

TheTrh51 lol u can't do anything with Python. VBScript is for trolling xD

[@aiden287]

+AnarchyVisions Dude.. Python is like one of the most widely used languages... In fact it's more popular than PHP.

[@dust-binladen3274]

***** Can you even make interfaces in Python? Making them in VBScript is easier. Python's okay though.

[@rajputboyzmultiplechannel5924]

WampServer is a Windows web development environment:kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIfVfamBq6afm9U

[@Mildimage]

Really thanks Jake Wright. This video help me a lot. You was able to put enough information in just 15 minutes.

[@esteban_ruiz]

Great tutorial, really wanted to know about php randomly and this was solid

[@drewsmith5614]

Windows people: get xampp instead. I burned 2 hours trying to get wamp to work.

[@Dave-cs2ru]

+1 for xampp

[@jowievanheugten2179]

+Drew Havelick u got probably ur skype open its on the same they use same adress greets Jowie

[@arpitthecool]

+Drew Havelick I did same for XAMPP (burned an hour) :P WAMPP working fine for me :P

[@user779hjg45]

+Drew Havelick OpenServer works without installation))

[@SLRNT]

+Drew Havelick i never got xampp working, downloaded wamp and works like a dream

[@SeanSKZ]

What about Ubuntu?

[@thecow2756]

not possible try another distro

[@yugili4291]

You can try LAMP

[@rajputboyzmultiplechannel5924]

WampServer is a Windows web development environment:kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIfVfamBq6afm9U

[@ariwijaya538]

You can use LAMP, or also known as Xampp

[@DigitechExplorer]

Thanks for a really condensed formula to learn or refresh php. Saved me a lot even if i intend to go deeper. This is enough to know what is going on ,good basic intro.

[@notagain3732]

I have a final year project in a few hours and I'm staying up late... You are a life saver cuz this was so useful. Thanks mate

[@RaihanTapu006]

who came here before night of web engineering exam? :v

[@user77-k6c]

Roga Hati yeeep

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[@miramax1995]

I came here before the job interview LOL

[@aliass1587]

in class rn lol

[@jesusdacoast872]

Roga Hati 😂😂😂

[@kautskanu970]

Every time I look a video related to new language, I feel like, there is no meaning to learn so many languages out there.. If you know C++ or JAVA, All it will take 10-15 mins to learn new language.. All you need to see, How to write loops, Define functions, If-Else, Data-types(specially for some languages) and that's it.. And if want to learn in little more detail then learn how OOP will work which is also similar in most languages(little bit here and there).. Then why these Recruiters want 3-6 year job experience.. 😂 Just see how clear a candidate's concepts are and how better his logic is.. that should be it.. No??

[@osahilsingh63]

true bro

[@MubashirAR]

Building a good application requires understanding the good and bad of each technology, design patterns, best practices, vulnerabilities etc. which requires some experience. But experience doesn't necessarily mean the person can write good code, and hence companies are usually flexible when it comes to that

[@ericmurimi9335]

Well said brother

[@kebman]

Those are indeed the common denominators of many programming languages out there. Now please use 15 minutes to learn prototyping, callbacks and promises. Good luck! :)

[@albineriksson8418]

You are stupid

[@pichass9337]

I wish all tutorials were like this, i love your stuff m8

[@clipsonponseka3467]

Its First Class. Students should be so lucky. Superlative conveyance of info. Jake, you're a PRO! Thanks for posting.

[@Georgieboi22]

This is similar but a lot different to java

[@comi9]

How can it be similar if it's different?

[@Snowcountry556]

Cosmin Popescu Easily: Oranges are similar to lemons - they are both citrus fruits, they both grow in warm climates, and they both go well in cocktails - but they are, after all, different: One is an orange and one is a lemon. Almost anything can be similar and different.

[@comi9]

Sam Matthews Thanks, Sam, but you can't put it that way. Ok, I admit that your orange has also a peel, some pulp and sometimes, few seeds. According to you, it is possible to compare it with a walnut too. Both have almost the same composition, right? Wrong! Go back to George's comment and reread it. You just can't say that some things are both similar and different (a lot different), unless you miss your point, or you just didn't forget to state what you mean. Yeah, php and java they are both programming languages, they follow similar rules, their instructions look alike. What I want to defense here is that you cannot say that hot water is similar to ice [but different too!]. Got it?

[@Snowcountry556]

Cosmin Popescu But water is both similar and different to ice! They are both made from the same underlying compound (H2O), but then again they are different, one is a solid and one is a liquid. Also Walnuts are similar to oranges in the grand scheme of things (both are organic matter, grow in Europe etc.) - that doesn't mean they are similar in every regard (e.g. they don't have a similar composition). That's what he could mean too - Java is similar in some ways, but very different in others. But yeah I get what you mean!

[@TheManicJuggler]

Cosmin Popescu If there's no difference, they aren't similar. They would be identical.

[@MrTellitToYa]

Does anyone else find this extremely difficult to follow on Windows?

[@AndiBLEH]

Yeah I have no idea what I'm doing. Never got past the 1:52 mark. Moving on to something better.

[@mantot_123]

not really

[@TaelurAlexis]

Lol I fucking suck at windows. And that OS is all I've ever known lol

[@legendarygamer387]

no

[@jordymunozaravena3286]

Probably you are not familiar to code, if you knew just a litle it would became super easy to follow, it's pretty straight forward.

[@daltonmondal]

PHP introduction for anyone with a basic programming knowledge. Good job!

[@laurensy7782]

This is a very useful video for all students, straight to the point and very easy to understand, looking forward to more of these from you. Thanks for this great video Jake! :)

[@trulysick86]

why is hello world still the first program for all languages?? im so sick of seeing this. How about heres johnny or goodbye world

[@allstonian13]

+trulysick86 It is just the string they use to show how you get from the code to the screen (or console). Yeah, I hated it until I saw it three hundred times and it clicked!

[@RuberSocks]

+trulysick86 "goodbye world" that's depressing lol

[@mabudia4177]

+trulysick86 You can use 'Hello Kitty!" instead :) Or just just 'Hello to myself!' cause no one in the world is going to see your output anyway.

[@moveinmaldives2080]

Fuuuu . ill stick with hello world.

[@frankzeppelin]

It goes back at least as far as the 1970s. It's one of the first examples in the book "The C Programming Language" which was hugely influential in the 80s, probably still today. I wouldn't be surprised if that book popularized "Hello World!" as the standard test string.

[@belkinalexey8815]

I would call the video: "15 minutes of monotone muttering"

[@JerHetrick]

This was really good. Allot of tutorials show the basics but fall short in articulating the details which make all the difference.

[@nashvillewebnet]

I wish all courses would be taught at this speed. Any slower and my add kicks in. Great job

[@cyrusbfbulan6573]

nobody can learn real php 15mins it is a BIG LIE

[@daraka1754]

cyrusb fbulan it's just basics tutorial

[@pepi8433]

@@daraka1754 should state that 'learn basic php in 15 minutes'.

[@Hugais01]

This should be renamed watch me use php for 15 min.

[@nothanks6774]

Yeasir Hugais he taught it very well, it isn't very hard to follow. He did however say you need some programming background.

[@theemacsen1518]

yea bro keep up

[@mohammadersi5241]

this intro normally takes at least an hour or two in a class the guy's just trying to be helpful and he did a good job so show some appreciation fgs

[@pierretetsowokinfack9172]

Straightaway subscribed to the channel to learn more. Thanks Jake.

[@finskou]

Jake, my man. This vid was a bomb. Well done. Very quick, yet, concise. Thank you

[@umesh12382]

you are done a excellent PHP introduction for anyone with a basic programming knowledge. Good job