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PHP AND ITS BENEFITS FOR DEVELOPERS

What is PHP and what can it do for our website ?

Generally PHP is used to add functionality to our website that HTML alone can't do.However PHP is much more than that!

What is PHP?
PHP is server-side scripting language.This may seems confusing but it is very clear and straight-forward.

What is Server-side scripting language?
This means that everything PHP does occurs in server side.As an example, if a user is updating a profile on a networking site, the server-side scripts will gather the information the user enters, the application will process it on the server, then interact with the database to update that information there.And, because PHP is executed on the server, the client cannot view the PHP code.

What can PHP do?
PHP does anything a PHP programmer wants it to, but it's  main goal is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly. 

Common uses of PHP include:
Perform calculations and mathematical equations
Access a wide range of databases
Create a web interface for adding, deleting, and modifying elements within your database(CRUD operations)
Generate HTML content on-the-fly
Set and access cookie and session variables
Authenticate a user to restrict access to sections of your Web site
Encrypt data
Create images on the fly such as CAPCHA  verifications
Generate PDF or Excel documents on the fly
Auto-generate files, and save them in the file system.

    There are many other advanced features and benefits PHP can offer.  Such powerful features are used everyday in popular web applications such as WordPress and Facebook.  So, if you’re new to web development, hopefully this helps you understand what PHP is and the type of things this dynamic language can bring to your website.

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