What is PHP?

PHP is probably the most popular scripting language on the web.

It is used to enhance web pages. With PHP, you can do things like create username and password login pages, check details from a form, create forums, picture galleries, surveys, and a whole lot more.

If you've come across a web page that ends in PHP, then the author has written some programming code to liven up the plain, old HTML.

One of PHP’s most significant features is its wide-ranging support for databases. PHP supports all major databases (including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Sybase, and ODBC-compliant databases), and even many obscure ones.

With PHP, creating web pages with dynamic content from a database is remarkably effective.