A meta program is a program, which has other programs or even itself as its application domain. This technique is commonly used to implement advanced software development tools and frameworks. PHP is one of the most popular programming languages for web applications ...

This tutorial is aimed at the PHP novice and will teach you PHP from the ground up. If you want a drive- through PHP tutorial this probably is not the right tutorial for you. Remember, you should not try to plow through this tutorial in one sitting. Read a couple lessons, take a break, then do some more after the information has had some time to sink in ...

you will find that PHP doesn't do everything that you need it to do. Rather than abandon (the otherwise perfect!) PHP and search for an alternative language, it could easily be worthwhile to extend PHP to make it do what you want ...