What is PHP

Php stands for "Personal home page" but now it stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor". PHP set out as a little open supply project that evolved as a lot of and a lot of individuals pointed out however helpful it absolutely was.. It is a server side programming language which is used for developing web development but also used as a general purpose programming language. Php is a open source you can download php from the official website of php.
 
Rasmus lardorf is also called as father of php. It was created by Rasmus lardorf in 1994 to track the visitors to his online resume.It allows web developers to create dynamic web pages that interacts with databases.It is use for static websites or dynamic websites or web applications. PHP scripts can run only server in which php installed. PHP is embedded in HTML.Before learning this language you must have the basic understanding of computer languages like Html, css javascript etc.