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PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language. PHP
evolved as an Open Source project before the Open Source movement got it's capital
letters. PHP was born of necessity and innovation by a Canadian programmer named
Rasmus Leherdorf. Before there was ASP or JSP, PHP was an embedded scripting
language. Since 1996, PHP has grown to support most major operating systems
(and some minor ones), dozens of databases, dynamic graphic generation, object
oriented scripting and lots of other technologies that make it a serious contender
for any project where ASP or JSP are competing.
The learning curve for PHP is quite inviting, yet the depth of the API and extensibility
of the environment allow for an incredible amount of power in a very
flexible package
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