PHP

PHP is a server side scripting language designed for web development, but it also can be used as a general purpose programming language. It was first developed in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf; he needed a more efficient code for his website, so he coded PHP from C. It was later improved by Zee Suraski and Andi Gutmans in 1997 as PHP 3. The beginning goal of PHP was to allow the easy creation of dynamic webpages. However, PHP has evolved into a great server-side scripting language. The latest PHP allows users to program with object oriented programming. It allows users to connect and interact with databases such as MySQL and Microsoft SQL. The language acts like a filter, it takes input containing PHP instructions and outputs a stream of data to the user.