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The handling of strings is one of the pillars of PHP programming, and although there are countless functions to work with that can be consulted in the official programming, here we will only see the most used ones. Strings can be defined in different ways, although the most common is to enclose them in quotes (single or double). In principle, both forms are accepted, although a small classification is established: We will use single quotes for strings. We will use double quotes if we are going to use escape characters or control interpolate variables, etc. For example: echo "\ x2a"; // display an asterisk using hex notation $who = "María"; echo "Hello $who \ n"; // show Hello María and change lines echo 'Hello $who \ n'; // show Hello María \ n echo 'My name is...

Apache, one of the most popular web server software in the world, is software available on open source. This means it is free of cost. Being such a high-quality server at a free rate has added many to its list of users in some years. Although not a lot of computer users might know about it, chances are most probably their server is using Apache. In a recent report, the experts claimed that nearly 70% of servers in the world make use of Apache. The organization that developed Apache is Apache Software Foundation. One of the many reasons behind its popularity is its ease of use and customization. Apache is among the rare software that can be heavily customized. For those who do not understand a web server, it is more or less like a host. When you build a website or even surf one, there...