PHP 5 Introduction
PHP is an acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor". But Initially Stood for ‘personal Home pages’. PHP is server-side scripting they are executed on the server.
What Can PHP Do?
- PHP can generate dynamic page content
- PHP can create, open, read, write, delete, and close files on the server
- PHP can collect form data
- PHP can send and receive cookies
- PHP can add, delete, modify data in your database
- PHP can be used to control user-access
- PHP can encrypt data
With PHP you are not limited to output HTML. You can output images, PDF files, and even Flash movies. You can also output any text, such as XHTML and XML.
Why 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 easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side
Advantages Of PHP
- PHP is easy to understand.
- Run different operating system ( Command based and GUI based )
- PHP is free to download and use
- It's fast because of embedded in html
- PHP used almost all server
- Its secure
