PHP is one of the few available server side scripting language which has been designed specifically for the Web. Each time a page visited the PHP code embedded by the PHP developer in that HTML page gets executed. The code implemented by the PHP programmers is interpreted at the web server and further it generates output as HTML or in other user viewable formats.
PHP developers can use, alter and redistribute the source code without having to pay for the code as PHP is an open source project. PHPprogrammers originally named it as an abbreviation for Personal Home Page but later in accordance with the GNU convention it has been changed to Hypertext Preprocessor.
Reason for Using PHP
Any kind of platform can be used by a PHP programmer to build a website from the scratch but there are some key points the PHP developer has to understand before starting to build. They are:
· Hardware for the web server
· An operating system
· Web server software
· A database management system
· A programming or scripting system
Some of these choices are variable as the PHP developers developing website may build on a certain platform using a different tool.
A very huge advantage in using PHP is that the PHP developer developing a code base using it can develop it in a very portable way that it becomes a multi-platform friendly code.
Some Basic Advantages of PHP
For PHP programmers, performance is based on many aspects and the top most of those aspects is time. Using PHP the PHP developers can develop websites at a rapid pace. The process of PHP development can be done using a single server which will reduce the cost of development. The increased pace of developing enable the PHP programmers to develop more codes in less time.
PHP is considered as a “share-nothing” architecture which is an interfaced platform which does not duplicate any of its components or entities which helps the PHP developers in decreasing in inconsistencies. This also enables the PHP developer developing the website can effectively and cost efficiently integrate horizontal scaling with large number of commodity servers.
Integration of Databases
PHP can be connected by PHP developers to many databases systems via native connections. In addition to MySQL a PHP programmer can use PostgreSQL, Oracle, dbm, FilePro, DB2, HyperWave, Informix, Interwave and Sybase database. The built-in SQL interface to a flat file called SQLite.
PHP Developers can use Open Database Connectivity Standard (ODBC) to connect to any database that provides an ODBC driver. Microsoft products are also included in this pack of drivers.
PHP programmers can also enable the use of an access abstraction layer called PHP Database Objects in addition to the native libraries contained by PHP. This layer provides the PHP programmers with consistent access and promotes secure coding practices.
Easily Learnable PHP
As the syntax of PHP is based on the various programming languages such as C and Perl, if a PHP programmer aspirant has knowledge of these languages then the PHP developer can become productive almost immediately.
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