Just a quick note for anyone out there coming across this site just learning PHP and wondering what it's all about. This new article from the Perl section on About.com is intended to show you the very, very basic steps of how to create a PHP script. It's intention is to help those with a perl background to understand how to get started in the PHP world.

Don't look for much more from this piece than the absolute beginner stuff, but it's a good place to learn the basics quickly.