Server-Side Scripting Guide
ASP and PHP - Server-Side Scripting
HTML files can contain text, HTML tags, and scripts.
Server-side scripting is programming that affects the behavior of the server. This is referred to as server-side scripting or server scripting.
Client-side scripting is programming that affects the behavior of the browser. (See the JavaScript Beginner's Tutorial).
Typically, when a browser requests an HTML file, the server returns this file. However, if the file contains server-side scripts, the scripts within the HTML file are executed before the HTML file is returned to the browser as plain HTML.
What Can Server-Side Scripts Do?
Dynamically edit, change, or add any content to web pages
Respond to user requests or data submitted from HTML forms
Access data or databases and return results to the browser
Customize pages for different users
Enhance web security, ensuring your web code cannot be viewed through the browser
Important Note: Since scripts are executed on the server, server-side files can be displayed even if the browser does not support scripting!
ASP and PHP
At tutorialpro.org, we demonstrate server-side scripting using Active Server Pages (ASP) and Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP).
ASP Examples
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