PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. It is an open-source, server-side scripting language used to create dynamic websites and applications.
PHP scripts are executed on the server and the results sent to the web browser as plain HTML. It can be integrated with many popular databases like MySQL, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
What Can PHP Do?
- Generate pages and files dynamically
- Create, open, read, write and close files on the server
- Collect data from a web form like user information, email, phone number etc.
- Send emails to users of a website
- Send and receive cookies
- Store, delete and modify information in a database
- Restrict unauthorised access to a website
- Encrypt data for safe transmition over the internet
Who Uses PHP?
PHP is used by many tech giants in their end-to-end infrastructure:-
- Wikipedia
- Tumblr
- Slack
- MailChimp
- Etsy
- WordPress
