Introduction

What is PHP language used for?

PHP is a recursive acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor". PHP is a server side scripting language that is embedded in HTML. It is used to manage dynamic content, databases, session tracking, even build entire e-commerce sites.

PHP is a general-purpose scripting language especially suited to web development. It was originally created by Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994.

-PHP is an acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor"

-PHP is a widely-used, open source scripting language

-PHP scripts are executed on the server

-PHP is free to download and use

-PHP is an amazing and popular language!

-It is powerful enough to be at the core of the biggest blogging system on the web (WordPress)!
-It is deep enough to run the largest social network (Facebook)!
-It is also easy enough to be a beginner's first server side language!

What is the difference between HTML and PHP?

PHP is used for server-side programming which will interact with databases to retrieve information, storing, email sending, and provides content to HTML pages to display on the screen. HTML is used for specifying colors, text formatting, aligning, etc. PHP can't be used in an HTML file. HTML can be used in a PHP file.

Is PHP a good language?

PHP tends to be a web developer's first programming language. It's a very popular language therefore the % of bad programmers goes up. This is simply not true. Languages like Java and C++ are far more popular than PHP, and still they have a smaller percentage of bad programmers

Is PHP a dead language?

According to W3Techs' data, PHP is used by 78.9% of all websites with a known server-side programming language. So almost 8 out of every 10 websites that you visit on the Internet are using PHP in some way. But when the number is still over 75%, it's tough to use that decline to pronounce PHP as dead

Is PHP is easy?

PHP is an easy language to grasp, and it's a great start before you dive into more complex web languages like HTML,CSS, SQL, and JavaScript. If you're learning WordPress too, keep an eye on what people are using with it.

Does PHP has a future?

Although there is a lot of discussion about the future of PHP, it is clear that PHP does have a future. It is by far the most used programming language for websites. If you want to start a career as a PHP developer you won't run out of options when it comes to finding a job.