Officially called "Personal Home Page Tools (PHP Tools)". This is the first full form for "PHP 1.0" And was derived by using PEARL library What Is PHP? Now we call it "Hypertext Preprocessor" (PHP) and it is programming language that allows web developers to create dynamic content that interacts with databases. PHP is basically used for developing web based software applications. PHP started out as a small open source project that evolved as more and more people found out how useful it was. Rasmus Lerdorf unleashed the first version of PHP way back in 1994. PHP is a server side scripting language that can embedded in HTML. It is used to manage dynamic content, databases, session tracking. It can be used with number of popular databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and Microsoft SQL Server.(Cmpatible to all Versions.) PHP is pleasingly zippy in its execution, especially when compiled as an Apache module on the Unix side. The MySQL server, once started, executes even very complex queries with huge result sets in record-setting time. PHP supports a large number of major protocols such as POP3, IMAP, and LDAP. PHP4 added support for Java and distributed object architectures (COM and CORBA), making n-tier development a possibility for the first time. PHP is forgiving: PHP language tries to be as forgiving as possible. PHP Syntax is C-Like. Common uses of PHP: PHP performs system functions, i.e. from files on a system it can create, open, read, write, and close them. PHP can handle forms, i.e. gather data from files, save data to a file, through email you can send data, return data to the user. You add, delete, modify elements within your database through PHP. Access cookies variables and set cookies. Using PHP, you can restrict users to access some pages of your website. It can encrypt data. Zip files unZip Files Connect to FTP and Many More things
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