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