PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
The PHP syntax is very similar to Perl and C. PHP is often used together with Apache (web server) on various operating systems. It also supports ISAPI and can be used with Microsoft’s IIS on Windows, but I recommend to use Apache.
The following features described what PHP is:
* PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
* PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
* PHP scripts are executed on the server
* PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)
* PHP is an open source software (OSS)
* PHP is free to download and use
The best combination of the Web tech is PHP, Apache, MySQL, and Linux.
This is what we call L.A.M.P
When I learning the PHP, I alway like to check PHP Manual time to time.
This online manual is keeping updated.
