Chapter 10
PHP
PHP, standing for Hypertext Preprocessor, is an open-source general-purpose scripting language.
It’s server side programming language and best suited for web development.
What can PHP do?
- Create dynamic web pages.
- Interact with database.
- Interact with files on the server.
- Collect and process forms.
- Encrypt data.
- Send or receive cookies.
Why you should learn PHP?
It’s multi-purpose.
- Simple and complex websites
- CRM portals
- E-commerce systems
- Rest API
- Image/ video/ audio processing
- Works with almost all database.
- Easy to set up.
- Has a large community, so you can ask.
PHP frameworks are in high demand on job market.
- Laravel
- Symfony
- Codeigniter
PHP CMSs are popular too.
- WordPress
- Magento - E-commerce
- Drupal - CMS + E-commerce
Discover PHP syntax, functions and more in this chapter.