| If you are a beginner web designer, most | | | | source server-side programming language. |
| probably you have had faced the difficulty to | | | | |
| having some dynamic contents on your site, | | | | PHP with the shortest learning curve, if you |
| Just think about a small Guest book, some | | | | are already familiar with C / Java, you can |
| form to be submitted directly from your site, | | | | start developing in PHP in just next 30 |
| some dynamic results based on user's previous | | | | minutes! |
| action....... All impossible with simple | | | | |
| html! | | | | Its highly compatible runs on any 32 bit or |
| | | | better platform (UNIX / Linux / Windows) |
| Although Java scripts can do some of your | | | | without changing a bit in your codes, *1 |
| dynamic works, like automatic form submission | | | | currently 16,946,328 Domains on 1,348,793 IPs |
| by email etc, but this is just client side | | | | (Servers) are using PHP! *2 Another |
| (all work done on the computer have your page | | | | statistics is that it is supported by more |
| loaded, means you can't save something to | | | | then 98% web servers! |
| server), another option remains for you is to | | | | |
| use the 3rd party ready-made services that | | | | Php has remarkable Database support, PHP with |
| enables you to install the dynamic contents | | | | MYSQL is really an awesome combination. |
| on your site, with there half page annoying | | | | PHPLIB is a set of libraries with most |
| ads! Or you have to pay them a leg or an arm | | | | commonly required routines. |
| to remove their text and banners! | | | | |
| | | | If you are inspired of Object Oriented |
| So if you are serious about your web, its | | | | Paradigm, PHP has it for you, OOP support in |
| time to think about a tool that can store | | | | PHP is sufficient enough for most web |
| data on your web server, retrieve and process | | | | programming related tasks, plus their is |
| data directly on server and display just the | | | | nothing to worry for the programmers don't |
| final results (in simple html) on your | | | | like to use OOP. |
| visitor's PC. It's certainly you are thinking | | | | |
| about the Server-Side programming language. | | | | The most major future of PHP that encourages |
| | | | web hosts to provide support for PHP on their |
| Now the major question arise which technology | | | | servers is that its really very lite. For |
| to use? | | | | many simple tasks PHP running on P-133 with |
| | | | just 32 Mb RAM ran circles around ASP code on |
| Every one wants to get maximum returns with | | | | an NT machine having P500 with 600 Mb RAM! |
| minimum efforts. And if their is the same | | | | |
| case with you, PHP is the most recommended | | | | For more information, can be the best start. |
| solution. Let see, | | | | |
| | | | *1 Stats for August 2004 from |
| PHP: Php Hypertext Processor (a recursive | | | | |
| acronym) currently most widely-used open | | | | *2 Missing the actual resource! |