What is PHP?

• zendnwar
• July 18, 2012
• PHP Basic
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What is PHP?

Devised by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994,PHP is a programming language that allows building dynamic, interactive websites.

PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.PHP is a server-side scripting language.PHP scripts are executed on the server.PHP supports many databases like MySQL, Informix,  Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC. PHP is open source software. PHP is free to download and use. PHP supports a large number of major protocols such as POP3, IMAP, and LDAP. PHP4 added support for Java and distributed object architectures (COM and CORBA), making n-tier development a possibility for the first time.

 Characteristics of PHP

Important characteristics make PHP’s practical nature possible:

Simplicity
Efficiency
Security
Flexibility
Familiarity
Cross-Platform
HTML-Embedded
Server-side

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