Friday, August 27, 2010

What is PHP Programming and Why Should you Care?

So you want to develop a website where that you can track phone calls, emails and follow ups, as well as manage billing , inventory/ and the status of team projects. Or perhaps you want to create your own online community or social media website. No Problem! Thanks to the versatility of the open source programming language PHP, you can do that and more! Designed by Rasmus Lerdorf in order to pass his resume online and then collect data, PHP has continued to be used by web developers for a variety of needs and web-based applications.  PHP is lauded by programmers for many reasons, but these factors are best summed up as follows:

  • PHP can be used to create exceptional web pages and interact with info on the web
  • It can be used as a go between with users and databases (Such as MySQL)
  • Compatibility with almost any Internet server
  • PHP/MySQL-based open source solutions are free to use and can be found easily online, such as ImpressCMS or Wordpress
  • The syntax is simple and has many similarities to C or Java. In addition, it can be used easily on Windows, Macs, UNIX and other programming platforms.
  • PHP, though free, is also secure, when used properly

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