PHP is the most powerful and popular scripting language in the web. It is used to enhance web page, build a full length web site, create login pages and passwords etc. PHP is known as a server side language, that’s because PHP does not get executed on the user’s computer but on the computer the user requested the pages from. The results are then handed over to the user and displayed in the browser. There are scripting languages like Asp.net, Python and Perl. There is no need to know any of these before starting with PHP. However, one should have a strong foundation of HTML. Infact, no programming experience is necessary to follow PHP.
Before trying to run and test PHP scripts, the users will need a server. Fortunately, these are available with server hosting companies to get a web space or make the user’s