PHP is an HTML-embedded, server-side scripting language designed for web development. It is also used as a general purpose programming language. It was created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994 and appeared in the market in 1995. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, C++, and Java.
PHP codes are simply mixed with HTML codes and can be used in combination with various web frameworks. Its scripts are executed on the server. PHP code is processed by a PHP interpreter. The main goal of PHP is to allow web developer to create dynamically generated pages quickly.
A PHP file consists of texts, HTML tags and scripts with a file extension of .php, .php3, or .phtml. You can create a login page, design a form, create forums, dynamic and static websites and many more with PHP.
