Chapter 3. I Have Conquered the Server, Let Me at the Code!

• The Basics of the HTML Tag

• The Almighty HTML Document

• The HTML Body

• Graphics and HTML

• Tables

• Creating Forms for Input

Congratulations; if you are here then you have successfully configured and set up the Web server and the PHP CGI interpreter. In this chapter I will cover HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). HTML is very important to us, because without it we would not be able to display anything to our user. That would not be a very fun game would it?

If you feel comfortable with HTML you can skip ahead to Chapter 4 and start in on PHP. However, if you feel like you need a refresher on HTML, grab some snacks, crack open a Mountain Dew, then open up your favorite text editor and we will get started.