| PHP Hypertext Processor is a server-side web | | | | ASP is not. So PHP is very cheap. Because PHP is |
| programming language that can be embedded into | | | | open source, there is a large community of PHP |
| HTML. PHP uses are widespread, and can include any | | | | programmers that help each other with code. This |
| kind of server functionality that takes user's input and | | | | means PHP programmers can rely on each other by |
| displays or manipulates the input. PHP can run on both | | | | using reusable pieces of code called functions and |
| UNIX and Windows servers, which makes it more | | | | classes rather than constantly reinventing the wheel. |
| accessible than Windows (ASP). This scripting | | | | This can dramatically cut down on production time. |
| language is growing day by day. PHP5 a fully object | | | | PHP is based on C++ language and the syntax used in |
| oriented language and its platform independence and | | | | PHP is quite similar to C/C++. C/C++ is still considered |
| speed on Linux server helps to build large and complex | | | | the best programming language by many |
| web applications. | | | | programmers and people who love this language |
| PHP is a particularly useful programming language | | | | would surely feel more comfortable with the syntax of |
| because it allows for advanced programming and is | | | | PHP. |
| easy to integrate with web pages. Another plus of | | | | PHP and MySQL are excellent choice for |
| PHP is that the language interfaces very well with | | | | webmasters looking to automate their web sites. Now |
| MySQL, a popular type of online database. MYSQL is | | | | search spiders "see" all the content on a PHP page, |
| a commercial grade database application that is made | | | | the same way it is viewed in a browser. The creation |
| available free under the Open Source to anyone. | | | | of a php-shopping cart is surprisingly simple and when |
| Another plus of PHP is that it is Open Source Code. | | | | done with precision it could translate into a highly |
| The actual code that is PHP is available to the public | | | | effective and universally accepted php-shopping cart. |
| for free, while the source code for products such as | | | | |