Top PHP Projects with Source Code

The term PHP is an acronym for – Hypertext Preprocessor. PHP is a server-side scripting language designed specifically for web development. It is open-source which means it is free to download and use. It is very simple to learn and use. The file extension of PHP is “.php”.  PHP was introduced by Rasmus Lerdorf in the first version and participated in the later versions. It is an interpreted language and it does not require a compiler. 

Here is a list of projects developed using PHP

Project Name	Project Description
Admin Login Page	We will create a login page for the admin, connected with the database, or whose information to log in to the page is already stored in our database.
Signup Form using PHP and MySQL	Create and design a sign-up form in which if the user enters details, the HTML form data are inserted into our MySQL server database.
Group Chat Application	Creating an online group chat application app using PHP where you can chat with your friends or others. It is a messenger app just like WhatsApp.
PHP Image Resizer	We need to scale an image to fit a particular section. Sometimes, it becomes necessary to scale down any image of random size to fit a cover photo section or profile picture section.
PDF Downloader	To Download PDF from HTML link using PHP with the help of header() function in php. The header()function is used to send a raw HTTP header. Sometimes it wants the user to be prompted to save the data such as generated PDF.
Images Link Extractor	Extraction of image attributes like ‘src’, ‘alt’, ‘height’, ‘width’ etc from a HTML page using PHP can be accomplished by selecting the HTML tag and storing the value of src in a variable.
PDF Uploader	We will upload multiple records to the database and display all the records from the database on the same page.
Multiple mail address mailer	Send the mail to the multiple addresses from the database using the PHP. PHPMailer library is used to send any email safely from the unknown e-mail to any mail id using PHP code through XAMPP web-server for this project.
Covid-19 Tracker app	Create a web application for tracking the Covid19 using PHP. Our Covid19 Tracker app will give the latest information for the States and Union Territories of India about the following things.
Automatic File Downloader	Creating a start downloading file using PHP. The idea is to make a download button which will redirect you to another page with the PHP script that will automatically start the download.

PHP – FAQs

1. What is PHP?

PHP or Hpertext Preprocessor is a server-side scripting language to create dynamic web pages. It is designed for web development and embedded inside the HTML just like JavaScript but unlike of JavaScript it executes on server-side instead of client-side.

2. What is difference between echo and print in PHP?

The echo and print both the methods are used to output data in PHP. The only difference between them is that echo can take more than one parameter to output. While, the print accepts only a single parameter to print.

3. Explain the purpose of $_SESSION in PHP.

It is a global variable used to store the variables of multiple pages from different sessions. It allows to persist data on the server between requests. It provides a way to maintain user-specific information throughout the session.