[richermartyn]

PHP is a server-side scripting language that can be used on a host of webservers and platforms. I prefer to use it with Apache on either FreeBSD or Linux, but it can even run on Win32 platforms.

What server-side scripting language means is that the script is put into the HTML files that make up a site, but the server processes the script BEFORE it is sent to the client browser. PHP code is not visible if you view the source of a page because the server processes the code and returns only the output. This is easier to code and debug than writing CGI scripts in Perl or C since the HTML form and related code are all in one page and PHP puts any errors on the browser.

Another advantage that PHP offers is the ability to directly connect to relational databases using full featured internal functions. It supports a whole fleet of databases including Oracle, DB2, mSQL and MySQL. I have written this tutorial with an eye to the MySQL database server since that is what this site uses. Most of the information here should be applicable regardless of the backend database.

[johnpitter]

Yes, PHP is very good programming language. You can create very nice Dynamic Page with the help of PHP. There are two major benefits of PHP, Which are given below.

- Open Source.
- Low cost of Hosting.

[rivkelecruz]

This is easier to code and debug than writing CGI scripts in Perl or C since the HTML form and related code are all in one page and PHP puts any errors on the browser.

[kirbie]

I love PHP because you can easily get codes through internet because it is open source. You can also modify the code for a better result for your program.

[rvitgroup]

PHP is Free,Open source,Easier to learn due to its basic scripting language structure and build in functionality,PHP now offers many object orientated development concept,Has many free IDEs available that are very impressive and well supported .Runs on Apache server which is open source,Has multiple platform support,Marginally faster due to the overheads imposed by .Net’s Common Language Runtime, which is responsible for intermediate compilation of .Net’s many languages
Has a huge support base as it is open source

[Jeshan Gyle]

There are libs you will use every time, others that you use rarely. Then as you go along you will find some libs that make the mundane much easier, so you will add these to your regular libs.

[alexakimble]

Originally Posted by kirbie

I love PHP because you can easily get codes through internet because it is open source. You can also modify the code for a better result for your program.

yes you are write dude !!!

[publiair]

Yes PHP is the good language, it's open source plateform makes it much different from other languages.


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[Allister]

Thanks for sharing valuable information about the PHP programming language . I am newbie and hope that It i will be very helpful in understanding its techniques more clearly . Thanks for your lovely posts too .

[kirbie]

Aside from it is an open-source, like what I said in my previous thread, PHP is really powerful, no doubt that Programmers always use this, but learning and using PHP needs special attentions and it is not an easy one, you just need logic to be able to cope up