What is PHP? Initially, PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) was used by programmers as a server-side scripting language for HTML to make web pages dynamic.
Browsers can only interpret and display HTML code. The options available to make a web page dynamic were to either write HTML code first and make few parts of it dynamic by injecting PHP code in different parts (also known as “Code Injection Technique”) or use PHP code to generate HTML. Many developers started writing web pages only in PHP because it works in a very simple manner and its ultimate output is in HTML. It was then that PHP acquired the reputation of acting as a full-fledged solution to common problems.
PHP has become a basic necessity for many businesses and is considered to be the best scripting language option on the market for developers to produce stunning and simple dynamic web pages. As a top-performing language in the field of scripting, there are many advantages of using PHP. Custom web development, database-driven website development and websites with dynamic pages are the core aspects of PHP programming language.
Some of the unique benefits that PHP offers over other programming languages are as follows: