Server script Guide

ASP and PHP-server script

HTML files can contain text, HTML tags, and scripts.

The server script is the programming of server behavior. This is called a server-side script or server script.

Client script is the programming of browser behavior. (see the JavaScript introductory tutorial).

Usually, when a browser requests a HTML file, the server returns the file, but if the file contains a server-side script, the script in the HTML file is executed first before the HTML file is returned to the browser as a pure HTML.

What can server scripts do?

• Dynamically edit, change, or add any content to the web page

• Respond to user requests or data submitted by the HTML form

• Access data or database and return results to browser

• Customize the page for different users

• Improve web page security so that your web code will not be viewed through the browser

Important reminder: because the script is executed on the server, the browser can display server-side files without supporting scripts!

ASP and PHP

In the rookie tutorial, we demonstrate server-side scripting by using activeserver pages (ASP) and hypertext preprocessors (PHP).

How to learn ASP or PHP?

Follow our complete ASP tutorial, or our complete PHP tutorial.