PHP is written by Rasmus Lerdorf and firstly called 'Personal Home Page' in 1995 but later it's called 'Hypertext Pre-processor'.It is free of cost scripting language and an open source which is developed and updated by a community of the developers' globally. It can be used to design any type of website and can handle websites with a lot of traffic. This is a server-side scripting so it can do anything that other CGI programs can do.Now a days there are many competitors in the market who try to give a full-fledged and better web development and design so that the customer's attention can be grabbed to deal.PHP supports all the web servers like- Apache, Microsoft IIS, iPlanet server, Netscape, personal webserver etc and runs on all major operating systems like- Windows, Linux, UNIX and Mac OS. Along with this It supports all the major databases including MySQL, InterBase, dBase, IBM DB2, FrontBase, ODBC, PostgreSQL, SQLite, etc.PHP is based on C/C++ language and has easily understandable syntax, its code is embedded in the HTML source code. Therefore, it is very familiar and programmers are very comfortable to do coding with it. A great thing about PHP that we can implement changes even after starting development, without losing valuable time. Apart from this, PHP enables fast implementation of complex solutions too. Its performance is very good and responsive to build the websites customized & results-oriented. As per the current statistics of this server-side scripting language, above 80% websites like- Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, Wiki etc. are using this.This language is easy to learn and understand so any employer can hire PHP programmers more easily than any other language programmers, since so many people know the language. PHP has a selection of decent CMS's such as Drupal, Expression Engine and Wordpress. It has multiple layers of security to prevent threats and malicious attacks.A great thing that we have a large community of developers who regular and timely updates tutorials, documentation, online help and FAQs and this way there is more flexibility to work with it. It is being used since close to two decades now since its inception in 1995. It is trusted by thousands of websites owners and developers and the list is increasing day by day.PHP is available as a processor for most modern web servers and as standalone interpreter on most operating systems and computing platforms. It has also proven its capability & versatility by developing and maintaining some of the most highly visited and popular websites.Lastly, you can choose PHP development for a fully-functional, dynamic and robust website and a much better web experience.Blog image: Blog category: Web DevelopmentGeneral
