Advantages of PHP

The popularity of PHP is growing rapidly because of its many advantages:

• It’s fast. Because it is embedded in HTML code, the response time is short.
• It’s inexpensive — free, in fact. PHP is proof that free lunches do exist and that you can get more than you paid for.
• It’s easy to use. PHP contains many special features and functions needed to create dynamic Web pages. The PHP language is designed to be included easily in an HTML file.
• It can run on many operating systems. It runs on a variety of operating systems — Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and most varieties of Unix.
• Technical support is widely available. A large base of users provides free support through e-mail discussion lists.
• It’s secure. The user does not see the PHP code.
• It’s designed to support databases. PHP includes functionality designed to interact with specific databases. It relieves you of the need to know the technical details required to communicate with a database.
• It’s customizable. The open source license allows programmers to modify the PHP software, adding or modifying features as needed to fit their own specific environments.