Introduction to PHP
Part 1
PHP is a popular scripting language used in web development. PHP was originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf and appeared in 1995. It is an open-source server-side scripting language. PHP is an acronym that stands for hypertext preprocessor. Using PHP is able to make dynamic and interactive web pages. PHP is very simple to learn and use. PHP file contains HTML, CSS and JavaScript. A PHP script is executed in the server and an HTML response is sent to the browser.
PHP has various functions like,
- able to create, open, read, write, and close files.
- able to add, delete, modify elements in the database through PHP.
- able to restrict users to access.
- able to encrypt data.
PHP Scripts are used in three main areas.
- Writing desktop applications
- Command-line scripting
- Server-side scripting
Normally, PHP is known as a server-side scripting language and this is the main target of PHP.
Advantages of PHP
1.PHP is free to download and open source
PHP helps to install it quickly. There are a lot of PHP frameworks (like Laravel) and developers can choose any of the frameworks.
2. Platform Independent
PHP supports all the operating systems like Windows, Unix, Linux etc. So, PHP based developed web applications can be easily run on any platform.
3. PHP is simple and easy to learn and code.
The syntax of PHP is simple and flexible to use.
4. PHP supports a wide range of databases
PHP supports various databases MongoDB, Mssql, MySQL, PostgreSQL and so on.
5. Fast
PHP is faster than other scripting languages. PHP applications can easily load over the slow Internet and data speed.
6. PHP has great online support and community
The online community helps the new developers to write coding and developing web applications.
The Features of PHP
Open Source
Simple and faster
Flexibility
Efficiency
Interpreted
PHP is an interpreted language. So, no need for compilation.
Case Sensitive
PHP is case sensitive scripting language.
Platform Independent
PHP scripts run on every platform, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows and etc.
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