Introduction to PHP[edit]

PHP is a scripting language used for web development. The original meaning of PHP was Personal Home Page but now it stands for Hypertext Preprocessor. A Danish Canadian programmer developed this general purpose scripting language in 1994. PHP can be used on most of the web servers and almost every operating system and platform, free of charge. PHP development services are used to develop more than 79% of all the websites whose server side programming is known.

PHP language came into being without any formal specification until 2014. The original implementation of PHP acted as the de facto standard which the the other implementation followed. The work on PHP started since 2014 to create a formal PHP specification. The PHP web development service is popular with students, thus more and more students are inclined towards learning thus Scripting language. Many web development companies provide PHP development services.

PHP Development Services[edit]

PHP frameworks provide robust websites and apps with cutting edge technologies. PHP has become an essential scripting language because of its comprehensive features, widespread community and increasing reliability. Thus, many market players in web development have come up to offer customized PHP development services for diverse business requirements.

As per the survey of April 2021, more than 79% of the websites like Yahoo, Wikipedia, Facebook etc. are PHP based websites. The web development companies provide businesses with PHP developed websites and support them in gaining success in their business.

Mascot of PHP : The mascot of PHP project is a blue elephant with the logo of PHP written on its side. It is an elephant, designed by Vincent Pointier, 1998. The elephant has a different color, when it is in plush toy form. Over the years, many variants of the mascot have come up but the original one designed by Pointier was considered genuine by the community. These are considered collectibles and extremely rare.
Uses of PHP : As we know that PHP is a general purpose scripting language, it is more suited for server side web development. The PHP codes are executed by PHP runtime to create dynamic webpages or images displayed on webpages. Some of the uses of PHP scripting language are:

Used for command line scripting
Implementation of client side graphical user interface applications
Deployed on most web servers, many operating systems and platforms
Many relational database management systems are aligned with PHP
Web hosting providers rely on PHP for use by their clients

The biggest advantage of PHP is that it is available free of cost and its source code is available for the users to build the website as per their convenience and extend its use as desired. The web development companies take advantage of these features and provide websites as desired by the customers through PHP development service.

Features of PHP[edit]

PHP runs on a web server and especially suited to server side web development. It is an open source scripting language that is used for server side Scripting. It is open source and widely used all over the world. It is faster than other languages, some of the features of the PHP are:

Open Source : It is very easy and simple to use. Its open source thus its code is readily available. Its documentation is widely available. As it is an open source language, making cost effective websites through PHP is very easy. It makes possible to take over online space without thinking about legal obligations or subscription fee. New developers can easily get into scripting space through PHP development services. Web development companies like Qdexi is a big market player to provide PHP development services.
Platform Diversity : PHP development service allows a PHP code developed on one platform to be aligned enough to run on other platforms. It helps the PHP developers to integrate the website across different platforms seamlessly. The PHP development services allows business to exploit the current technologies cost effectively using diverse platforms like Windows, Linux, Unix.
Extensions and Add ons : PHP is website development open source language which allows online developer community to create extensions to fulfill evolving business needs. It makes it easy for the developers to add new features to the websites using PHP development services.
Readily available Developer community : Because of PHP's open source framework, a large number of developers at expert and beginners level is engaged in addressing the latest issues. Additionally, PHP being an open source scripting language with huge availability of developers results in business getting a competitive pricing.

Wrapping it up[edit]

Other features of PHP are its syntax being very easy, its code can work with HTML and scripts easily, it supports all types of databases, variables can be used without declaring datatypes and it is provided with predefined error declaration. Web development company called Qdexi is actively involved in using PHP development services to develop websites. Businesses can collaborate with them to get the best websites for themselves as Qdexi Technologies provide web designing and development at very budget-friendly prices.

External links[edit]

Official Website