What is PHP

      

PHP is Hypertext Preprocessor and also knows as Personal Home Page is a scripting language originally designed for producing dynamic web pages. PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. It generally runs on a web server, taking PHP code as its input and creating web pages as output. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on more than 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.

PHP is probably the most popular scripting language on the web. It is used to enhance web pages. With PHP, you can create username and password login pages, create forums, check details from a form, picture galleries, surveys, and a whole lot more. 

Since PHP websites run on Linux and Unix, PHP websites are considered more secure compared to Windows supported languages such as ASP and .NET. Unlike other programming languages, with PHP& Mysql a fresher can learn and develop websites in a span of 4-6 months. 

PHP & MySQL web hosting is much cheaper than Windows supported hosting. PHP applications are sturdier and can easily adapt to various web hosting environments. PHP & MySQL Certification does not require any License fees unlike Windows supported languages. 

PHP runs on Windows NT and many Unix versions, and it can be built as an Apache module and as a binary that can run as a CGI. When built as an Apache module, PHP is especially lightweight and speedy. Without any process creation overhead, it can return results quickly.

What is MySQL?

MySQL, the most popular Open Source SQL database management system, is developed, distributed, and supported by MySQL AB.

MySal is a relational database management system (RDBMS). The program runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases.