What Is PHP

PHP is a server side scripting language that is embedded in HTML. It is used to manage dynamic content, databases, session tracking, even build entire e-commerce sites.

What Is PHP?

1. PHP stand for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor".
2. PHP is a widely-used, open source scripting language.

How It Works?

1. With PHP We can generate dynamic page content.
2. PHP can create, open, read, write, delete, and close files on the server.
3. It can also collect form data and It is integrated with a number of popular databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and Microsoft SQL Server.
4. PHP can be used to control user-access so you can add, delete, modify data in your database.

Why We Use PHP?

1. PHP runs on  platforms  like Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, etc...
2. PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.).
3. PHP supports a wide range of databases.
4. PHP is free to download and install.
5. PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side.