# Quick PHP Q!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-php-q/63622
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 8, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-php-q/63622 "2004-09-08T13:42:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@red\_A](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/red_A)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-php-q/63622/1 "2004-09-08T13:42:30Z")
ok check out this site…: [http://www.ferronikeli.com/eng/index.php](http://www.ferronikeli.com/eng/index.php)
what is the php doing on this site? and how do you find out!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-php-q/63622/2 "2004-09-08T13:59:51Z")
There’s no way to find out… but php is usually used to display dynamic content, hit counters, all kinds of dynamic stuff basically :to:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-php-q/63622/3 "2004-09-08T14:15:20Z")
What about all these sites, that have the index.php, about\_us.php, etc pages …???
is there a naming process to it, or is it just that they have used some sorta php code, no matter how simple, they are able to make a page with an php ext…just like the one above, so this doesn’t mean that all pages with .php extensions are nessecerilly using a database…like mySQL!?
Thanks 🙂 ps. newbie, really intrested in php!!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-php-q/63622/4 "2004-09-08T14:37:13Z")
no php doesn’t have to use a database… althought most of the pages do.
any php page can just have a simple hit counter just to see how many ppl visit that page
Or it even may not contain any php at all… it might be all fake. it could just be a simple html page without any php dynamics even though the extension is .php
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-php-q/63622/5 "2004-09-10T09:06:35Z")
The Place to start
Using mysql might look difficult and or confusing, however its a lifesaver
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-php-q/63622/6 "2004-09-10T16:05:18Z")
[www.devshed.com](http://www.devshed.com) (is that it guys?)
Is a really good place to start.
BTW: Lost is back 🙂