PHP

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 PHP is an acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor"

 PHP is a widely-used, open source scripting language

 PHP scripts are executed on the server

 PHP is free to download and use

 PHP files can contain text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP code

 PHP code is executed on the server, and the result is returned to the browser as plain HTML

 PHP files have extension ".php"

Why we learn PHP ?

 PHP runs on various platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, etc.)

 PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.)

 PHP supports a wide range of databases

 PHP is free. Download it from the official PHP resource: www.php.net

 PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side

What You Can Do with PHP

 There are lot more things you can do with PHP.

 1.You can generate pages and files dynamically.

 2.You can create, open, read, write and close files on the server.

 3.You can collect data from a web form such as user information, email, phone no, etc.

 4.You can send emails to the users of your website.

 5.You can send and receive cookies to track the visitor of your website.

 6.You can store, delete, and modify information in your database.

 7.You can restrict unauthorized access to your website.

 8.You can encrypt data for safe transmission over internet.

Advantages of PHP

 Easy to learn 

 Open source

 Portability

 Fast Performance

 Vast Community