Hello, first thing's first, PHP is a server side programming language, people use that to develop websites, ie, Facebook, was developed using PHP, as well as other languages... But to design a website, you would use, HTML and CSS, preferably the latest versions ect. I hope this helps, if you need any help, just send me a message. Thanks, Brad.
Thanks a lot for giving some necessary information about developing website and if any questions arises in my mind during making website by using php then i will definately ask,thanks a lot once again.
essentially, you can make the site same to html, you just save the files as .php and the contents of the file can be normal html and css. Within the html code, anytime you need to enter into php mode, you just type in: <?php enter in some code here, maybe you want to work out the time or something ?> the "<?php" is the start of the php code and you have to close this with the "?>" so you can have html code <?php php code here ?> more html code <?php more php code ?> more html code One thing that i like to do with some sites is to have a file called "footer.php" and then for every page i include this into every page, this way i only update the footer file once and all pages are the same. to do this, where your footer div is now, cut that and save it into a file called footer.php then in the page you cut it from, past this code: <?php include 'footer.php'; ?> essientially it just pulls in the footer file and the page will display as per normal. check out this page for more information: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_includes.asp If you are developing with php, you will need to install xampp on your local pc, as by default .php files cant be run. xampp is just the engine that lets you run php, basically once you install it, you put your website in the folder "xampp\htdocs\yourwebsitehere.com" and to run the code you have to type in your browser "localhost/yourwebsitehere.com" hope my answer helps.
look for website design you have to knowledge of Photoshop,flash and along with this u have to also a knowledgeable of HTML,CSS.with the help of Photoshop and flash u can create a good design.
PHP with MySql only for back end ,that's called developing , but you tell about designing ,it can be done by only photoshop,html,css.
I do not know what you actually trying to mean by the word design. If you are thinking about look of the website then its not the php. To make a good looking theme you need to have proper knowledge in html and css also.
Website designing and developing requires extensive knowledge, firstly for designing you should create a PSD for your home page and one inner page, PSD is a photoshop file, then you have to slice the PSD file to HTML/XHTL and then include CSS for look and feel, then it is embedded with PHP to make a website, or you can contact the service providers to execute all these task for you.