This textbook has been written in such a way that the concepts are explained with the help of examples. The book covers the topics right from basics of PHP programming such as variables, data types, operators, control structures, arrays to graphics. The book also covers implementation of object oriented concepts such as classes, objects, inheritance, overloading and so on. In the next subsequent unit, the textbook covers creating and validating forms. Finally, the book explains how to connect to database using PHP and MySQL laying more stress on examples. Thus this book helps the students to learn the PHP programming in the most lucid way.