Basic Introduction
Php is an open source server side scripting language. It stands for Hypertext Preprocessor. It was developed by Rasmus Lerdorf. It all works on the server side and can be embedded with html to show the dynamic results. More than 60% websites based on Php or frameworks that works on it. Moreover this language is also updating day by day by their core developers. In future their plans are big , they are going to make php that will be compatible to make desktop application.
Why Use Php
This is very amazing to know that very large number of internet service providers and web hosting companies as well supports it. Today there are so many developers who are using it. Another great thing about it is that , It is cross-platform, you can run it on windows, Linux, Mac OS. It means you can make and run php program on any platform that you want. More over it can integrate with web server including Apache , IIS (internet information server). This means that you can make and run your php website on any of one setup and then deploy it to the another system without changing much code. And it is very easy to move your website on to another server if you ever want to move.
Conclusion
It is a very good and flexible scripting language to make websites. Anyone who wan’ts to make some dynamic website, It is the best option because of open source and very easy to write its code.
