PHP stands for
PHP => PHP Hypertext Preprocessor.
PHP is a server side scripting language. It is used to make server side
application, it executed on the server unlike the javascript which
client side scripting language which executes on the client side or we
can say it executes in the browser itself.
PHP is executed on the server and the result of it is sent to the browser in HTML.
PHP is executed it is not compiled like the C or Java these languages are compiled.
PHP is the most used website development language now, website like facebook is built on the php.
Most used Content Management System Wordpress is also based on PHP.
Most of the websites are now developed in PHP language roughly around 60% of the dynamic websites are developed in php.
PHP is an Open Source scripting language means it is free to use commercially.
PHP documents runs on the server, if you learning php it will be good that you download
WAMP ->Window Apache MySQL PHP
Apache is a server, MySQL is database that is mostly used with PHP you can also use
other databases such as oracle but MySQL is most suited
to PHP and it is also an open
source free to use.
MAMP -> It is for Apple users.
XAMPP -> Can be used by both Mac users as well as window user.
