It was noted early in this Module that the core skill for programming is cultivating a problem-solving mentality and the ability to break down complex tasks into simple, logical steps. Once you are able to do this well, you can more easily program several different coding languages by learning the syntax comparable to the languages you already know. In fact, your Lecture Notes even point out many of the similarities between PHP and the JavaScript you used in past Discussions and Assignments.

Beyond script similarities, you might find the content of this Discussion familiar as well. When learning programming, one of the first challenges fledgling programmers take is to display the text ‘Hello, World’ on the screen when you execute the code. This week, you are creating such an application using a PHP script. If you developed such code before, but in a different language, the problem-solving nature of this challenge should be more or less the same, but the syntax is obviously different (at least in some instances). When you complete your program, the sample output should look something like this:

To complete this Discussion:

Post: Create an initial post in which you use NetBeans IDE to design, develop and test a PHP script called ‘MyFirstPHPWebPage.php’ that will generate an HTML stream containing the following two lines:

• The first line will display ‘Hello, World from PHP!’.
• The second line will display the name of the PHP that is running to produce the HTML (‘MyFirstPHPWebPage.php’).

Hint:Use this PHP statement to print out the name of the currently running script:

print ("Script = " . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

When you are finished, post screenshots of your work that include both your code and results and then explain the methods you used in order to complete your application.