PHP stands for "Hypertext Preprocessor". PHP is a server-side scripting language. This means that a PHP page is processed on a Web server by a PHP script engine. When the client makes a request for any page, the request is sent to the server, the server locates the requested page and executes the PHP code if any and the result is sent to the browser (client) in the form of HTML. The browser then compiles the HTML to display the output.

PHP has become a more popular technology for web programming in the recent years due to its open source technology. This means that it is free to use and is compatible with almost any server, say Windows, Linux/Unix and Apache servers. Though it is an open source technology, it consists of many features which are capable of handling multiple and complex issues related to the internet.

We at AIT - India Center Office have a team of experienced and professional PHP Programmers who design and implement PHP Programming which makes us capable to build virtually any type of application, from simple contact forms to shopping carts, dynamic job sites, and complex content management systems. In addition to its robustness and versatility, PHP is free (most Web hosts provide PHP in even their most basic plans), and it runs on both Linux and Windows-based Web servers. For these reasons, and many more, it should be no surprise that PHP is the scripting language of choice for many Web developers.

The main advantages of PHP programming language (compared to the available alternative solutions - ASP.Net, ASP, JSP, ColdFusion etc.) are:

Reduced development and maintenance cost (the OS, DBMS and scripting languages are available free of charge)
High performance and reliability
Wide availability and support
Platform (DBMS and OS) independence
Flexibility, the system is to be template-based which means that the presentation of the data to the user will be separated from the business logic and internal data representation
PHP produces optimized stand alone applications, libraries, and Web applications from standard PHP source code. The compiler produces native machine code, not PHP byte code, so no interpreter is required. It is a new implementation of the PHP language and runtime environment compatible PHP. It does not share any code with the open source PHP implementation.