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  • PHP- Hypertext Preprocessor.
  • It is an open-source, object-oriented, and interpreted scripting language that can be executed at the server side. For web development it is well suited.
  • It is used to develop web applications that executes on the server and generates the dynamic web page.
  • In 1994 PHP was created by Rasmus Lerdorf and in 1995 it was appeared in market.
  • It runs on various platforms like Unix, Mac OS X, Windows,
  • It is faster than other scripting languages like Java Server Page and Active Server Page.
  • It is easy and simple to learn.
  • It handles database, dynamic content as well as session tracking for the website.
  • It can set cookies and access variable cookies.
  • It supports several protocols such as POP3, LDAP, SNMP, IMAP, HTTP, etc.
  • It is the best language to learn. It is easy to install and setup.
  • It is integrated with a number of popular databases, including PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase.
  • It is compatible with almost all servers used today like IIS, Apache, etc.

    • For example,

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <body>

    <h1>Welcome to Wikitechy</h1>

    <?php
    echo "Hello Kaashiv!";
    ?> 

    </body>
    </html>

    Output :

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