NOTE: Wherever you see [url] please insert your websites url in place of [url].

Everywhere I look I can find tutorials but rarely are they complete. The tutorial I am about to write is meant to be a complete tutorial. Sure you can add more options to the RSS file itself but what I mean by complete is that it will work for anyone if the principals that are outlined here are followed. Without further delay lets jump right into build a dynamic RSS feed using PHP and MySQL

To begin our PHP based RSS feed we need to do one little thing first. Take a look at your “.htaccess” file which is generally located in the root directory of web server. It is the file that is used for doing URL rewrites, 301 redirects etc. Every Apache server should have it so look for it. If you are using dreamweaver an easy to get the file is to create it in the site manager, i.e. right-click and create a new file. Rename the file “.htaccess” and then right click on your newly created file and click “Get”. Again this is only for users of Dreamweaver. I am making this more complicated than it should be. Look for.htaccess in your web server root. Enough said

Once we have our.htaccess file found we need to make a change. Since our RSS file will be of the PHP extension i.e. rss.php and not of the xml type. We need.htaccess to know that files with the type.xml shoule be interpreted as.php files. To do this we enter the following in our.htaccess file:

AddType application/x-httpd-php.xml

With our.htaccess file ready to go we now need to begin writing the PHP for our RSS feed. Our file will be broken into four sections. The first is the header which tells the browser that the file is of type XML. The second section is the head of our RSS file. Its everything that you could make static about the channel, i.e. the basic info related to the RSS feed. Our third sections is where it gets nifty. We create a database connection and use it to create our RSS feed. We then need to loop through each of the items we want in our database and output them as xml. Finally our fourth part is all the output that is required to close the channel. There is little to it aside from a few echo commands but it is a separate section in its own minor way.

First we need to create a new php file, I chose to name mine rss.php, you can name yours whatever you like. Once we have our file open we begin with our first section:

//Set XML header for browser

header(‘Content-type: text/xml’);

?>

Before we do anything we want to send a message to the browser that informs it that it is dealing with an XML file. If we did not pass this information to the browser our dynamic RSS feed would not work. As simple as it sounds that is it for our first part of our RSS file.

In our next section we need to begin creating the structure of our XML file. There are few ways to do this. One is with the echo command. The other is through the use of variables. I have used both and personally prefer the variable method since it seems simpler in my mind. Therefore that is the method I will demonstrate. Here is our code (it includes the code from our first section):

//Set XML header for browser

header(‘Content-type: text/xml’);

//Create the heading/channel info for RSS Feed

$output = ”;

$output.= ”;

$output.= ”;

$output.= ‘Your RSS Feed Description’;

$output.= ‘ [url]’;

?>

Here is what we did with the second section. First we created a variable $output. We set it equal to. However once we have the value set we do not overwrite it. We instead use the operator “.=” which means simply add to the current value. So for example if we said that $some-variable = “a string”. We then used our “.=” operator to add to the value like so $some-var.= ” like some var”. Next if we were to echo our variable $some-variable it would read “a string like some var”. We are taking our variable and adding all of the xml tags to it to create one contiguous xml document stored in one variable, $output. One other thing to note is that for the title, description and link tags you should add in your sites information. While I don’t think anyone would intentionally use the info I had between the tags it is easy to forget little things like that, which is why I mention it.

For our third section we get down to the meat and bones of our php generated RSS page. What we are going to do is connect to a MySQL database and grab all the pertinent information we need. Then we are going to create individual xml items for each of the new entry or article that we have. This is all done when the user accesses the RSS page. Not before. The page is dynamic not static. For intents and purposes we don’t have an RSS page until someone accesses it. Now lets get to the code:

//Set XML header for browser

header(‘Content-type: text/xml’);

//Create the heading/channel info for RSS Feed

$output = ”;

$output.= ”;

$output.= ”;

$output.= ‘Your RSS Feed Description’;

$output.= ‘ [url]’;

//Individual Items of our RSS Feed

//Connect to a database and and display each new item in our feed

//Connect to DB

$host = “localhost”; //Name of host

$user = “cmsuser”; //User name for Database

$pass = “mypass”; //Password for Database

$db = “my_database”; //Name of Database

mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass);

mysql_select_db($db);

//Create SQL Query for our RSS feed

$sql = “SELECT `title`, `link`, `description`, `date` FROM `articles`ORDER BY `date` DESC LIMIT 0, 15”;

$result = mysql_query($sql) or die (“Query couldn’t be executed”);

//Create Loop for the individual elements in the RSS item section

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))

{

$output.= ”;

$output.= ”;

$output.= ‘ ‘.$row[‘link’].”;

$output.= ”.$row[‘description’].”;

$output.= ‘

‘.$row[‘date’].”;

$output.= ”;

}

?>

Now a great deal has occurred in this section so let me try and explain everything clearly. First lets start with the comment “Connect to DB”. Here we need to connect to a database. Normally I write a function earlier on and simply call it when I want to connect to a database and run a query. However I can not assume that you have already written one so we will go through writing one together. First we define variables that will house the necessary information for the “mysql_connect” and “mysql_select_db” functions. The information we need to store is our hostname, generally its “localhost”, our user name for the database, our password, and the name of the database. Once we have that saved we use it in the function “mysql_connect” which is used to make a connection a mysql database, once we establish the connection we then need to select a database with the “mysql_select_db” statement. Now that we have connected to our database lets examine how we go about getting the information we need.

Now that we are connected we must run a query to get the information we need. For the example I have made a few assumptions the first being that the name of the database is articles and that it contains the four columns: `title`, `link`, `description`, `date` and that they are named as such. I also limited the result to 16, by using the statement “…LIMIT 0,15” which means only show rows 0 to 15. You can set it to whatever you would like or you can remove it completely and have no limit on the number of entries in your RSS feed. Okay for small sites, awful for large ones. Use your discretion here. Now that we have the query constructed I want to point out one thing. Normally you see people using the “SELECT *…” statement when they run queries. Not only do I think its bad practice but why get more information that you need, it takes longer and makes your site run just ever so slightly slower. Therefore I recommend that when you form your sql queries you implicitly state which fields you want rather than using a “SELECT *…” statement. Now that we have our query we need run it by using the command “mysql_query” and pass the results into a variable, cleverly known as $result. If you notice that after our “mysql_query($sql)” statement I have “or die(…)”. What that statement does is if there is an error it kills the query and terminates the function then echoes whatever error message you place in the brackets. Handy for figuring out where things may go wrong.

So far we have connected to a database and run a query outputting the results into a variable, $result. Now we need to put this all into a neat little RSS item. To do this we need to create a loop, What our loop will do is go through our query row by row and pull the information from each row and do whatever we want with it. In this case we want to store it. To do so we create a while loop which basically reads while there are rows still left in our result variable. We need to do whatever code is between the brackets {… }. There are other ways to have formed this loop but for now the most direct method is the one I have listed. Now that we have our rows in a variable $row we need to add them to our xml file. To do that we use our good friend “.=”and basically add in the information for each item we wish to create. There are many more tags you can use with your RSS feed. I have only chosen to use the “title”, “link”, “description”, “pubDate” since that was all I felt like i needed and this is not an article on the structure of RSS but how to generate them dynamically.

We have completed three of our four steps. Since we have all of our items created, we did it previously with the while loop that will cycle through each result in the database and add it to our variable with the appropriate tags, we need to finish off our file and display it to the user. To do this we use the following code:

//Set XML header for browser

header(‘Content-type: text/xml’);

//Create the heading/channel info for RSS Feed

$output = ”;

$output.= ”;

$output.= ”;

$output.= ‘Your RSS Feed Description’;

$output.= ‘ [url]’;

//Individual Items of our RSS Feed

//Connect to a database and and display each new item in our feed

//Connect to DB

$host = “localhost”; //Name of host

$user = “cmsuser”; //User name for Database

$pass = “mypass”; //Password for Database

$db = “my_database”; //Name of Database

mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass);

mysql_select_db($db);

//Create SQL Query for our RSS feed

$sql = “SELECT `title`, `link`, `description`, `date` FROM `articles`ORDER BY `date` DESC LIMIT 0, 15”;

$result = mysql_query($sql) or die (“Query couldn’t be executed”);

//Create Loop for the individual elements in the RSS item section

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))

{

$output.= ”;

$output.= ”;

$output.= ‘ ‘.$row[‘link’].”;

$output.= ”.$row[‘description’].”;

$output.= ‘

‘.$row[‘date’].”;

$output.= ”;

}

//Close RSS channel

$output.= ”;

$output.= ”;

//Display output in browser

echo $output;

?>

Here is our completed code in all its glory, all we have added is two more statements that append our variable with the following tags “” and “” which closes our channel and RSS tags respectively, that we opened earlier. After that we need to display the information so that the web browser can see it. To do this we simply use the echo command and echo our variable $output that we used to store all the information previously. You should now be able to see what I meant earlier in the article when I suggested that one could use echo instead of adding the information to a variable, but that’s besides the point. What matters now is that you got a fully working RSS feed that you never have to toy with again unless its to add more information. Hope you enjoy it and can put it to good use!

PHP is a language used in web and program design. You can use it to create all kinds of utilities for use online and notable advantages of it include the vast majority of websites running off Apache servers use it, it runs across all kinds of platforms, browsers, operating systems, and interfaces, it is completely free as open source, and it’s fast, safe, and secure.

Without a great deal of knowledge of C or Perl or the like, it can be difficult to learn PHP. A lot of times websites which try to teach it assume that you either have an existing knowledge which you do not have or present the material in ways which are difficult to understand. Therefore let’s take a look at the best resource to learn PHP in 24 hours.

Simple PHP is an ebook/video collection designed with the sole purpose being of teaching PHP simply so that anyone can learn PHP in 24 hours. Going on step further, the author Robert Plank (a Comp Sci major) guarantees that you can learn it in 17 hours without having any existing coding knowledge or anything of the like.

The book is 17 chapters, each which end with a quiz section to test you on the information from that chapter to promote retention. Doing some fast math it’s pretty obvious that it works out to be one hour per chapter. The accompanying videos also make it simple to see what Robert is doing as he talks about it.

In this article, you will learn how to design and develop a simple online chat room with PHP and MySQL. This tutorial explains every steps of the development, including both database design and PHP programming. Basic computer skills and knowledge of HTML and PHP are required. Ok, let’s begin now.

Step 1: Design Database Table. Create table “chat” in MySQL database to store basic chat information: chtime (chat time), nick (user nickname) and words (chat message, less than 150 characters)

mysql> CREATE TABLE chat

-> chtime DATATIME,

-> nick CHAR (10) NOT NULL,

-> words CHAR (150);

Step 2: Design Structure. This simple online chat room includes the following four sections: user login, message display, message input and a main frame integrating the display and input sections. Thus, it needs the following four files to work:

login.php

main.php

display.php

speak.php

Step 3: Write the code

1. login.php (just a HTML form)

Please input your nickname and enter

<input type="text" name="nick" cols="20"><input type="submit" value="login">

2. main.php

setcookie(“nick”,$nick) //use cookie to store user nickname

?>

<frameset rows="80%,*"></frameset><frame src="display.php" name="chatdisplay"><frame src="speak.php" name="speak">

3. display.php

This file is used to get message records from database and display the results. To keep the size of database, old messages are deleted and only the newest 15 messages are displayed.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;url=display.php">

//connect to mysql server, server name: main, database username: root

$link_ID=mysql_connect(“main”,”root”);

mysql_select_db(“abc”); //abc is the database name

$str=”select * from chat ORDER BY chtime;” ;

$result=mysql_query($str, $link_ID);

$rows=mysql_num_rows($result);

//get the latest 15 messages

@mysql_data_seek($resut,$rows-15);

//if the number of messages
“;

}

//delete the old messages(only keep the newest 20 only)

@mysql_data_seek($result,$rows-20);

list($limtime)=mysql_fetch_row($result);

$str=”DELETE FROM chat WHERE chtime

4. speak.php

If ($words)

{ $link_ID=mysql_connect(“main”,”root”);

mysql_select_db(“abc”); // abc is the database name

$time=date(y).date(m).date(d).date(h).date(i).(date(s); //get current time

$str=”INSERT INTO chat(chtime,nick,words) values

(‘$time’,’$nick’,’$words’);” ;

mysql_query($str,$link_ID); //save message record into database

mysql_close($link_ID);

)

?>

//the following is the message input form

<input type="text" name="words" cols="20"><input type="submit" value="Speak">

Now, you have finished the design and coding of a simple online chat system. Put all the files into your website root and see how it works, 🙂

On the off chance, you are a web development enthusiast and want to know how websites are made and used. First of all, stop giving stress to your brain and start thinking out of the box. Often crawling inside your mind, it’s good that you learn about the language which helps to develop a website. Nowadays, the first choice of every developer is PHP.

You will surprise to know that more than 20 million sites are based on PHP and some of the world’s biggest site, such as Wikipedia and Facebook as well as world’s biggest open source including Drupal or WordPress also based on this scripting language. PHP is actually named hypertext preprocessor that is one of the most used open source general-purpose scripting language specially made for developing a site. As a developer or a new learner of this language, you should know some of its useful tips that helps to learn or use it easily and which are as follows.

Comments are your friends: Comments on your code makes your language updating, debugging and make other programming activities really fast and efficient. So the next time you used PHP for your web development doesn’t forget to post comments it is not only good for your site, but also makes the work of your other team member easier if you work in a team. By the help of this, they can easily understand your idea of the code so make comments to your best friends and never forget them.

The smaller, the better: If you think writing so many line codes makes you a great developer then you are absolutely wrong. A great developer is one who has the capability to reduce the code lines without changing the output. So always remember and do not repeat code and user programming tools.

Use PHP inbuilt function: Have you ever tried to know why this general purpose scripting language is loved by the developers? What makes it so great? If no, so the answer is here PHP world’s famous web development language has its inbuilt function for the developers that save their time and money both.

Satisfaction hurts, practice your art: If you want to become a professional in this field, then the first thing you need to do is stop being self-satisfied. Your development skills get affected if you stop practicing and start satisfying with your work. Don’t forget to be a good PHP developer is a skill and for this, you must practice writing codes in your PHP scripts. And another major reason for keeping practicing is that PHP update itself on a regular basis, so if you practice it on a constant basis then you have lots more to learn which improves your development skills.

PHP training would make you familiar with several database functional specifications. Through the training you can learn how PHP supports for a better connection to MySQL. Through the training you would become familiar how best you can install PHP. For this you need to have an apt web server configuration. In case you make use of UNIX and Linux, you may require downloading the PHP source code. You can even install PHP with installer CD. This is available for all operating system. In the training you would get to learn about the manual steps which would make you know how to install the web server.

PHP Process of Encrypting

During the session of PHP training, a professional is being taught the process of encrypting. This is an assortment of security based functionality. Thus, one is being taught the process with absolute clarity. Now it is easy for you to incorporate security enhancement techniques to a particular application. With PHP you can conduct one way encryption. Once you encrypt a data you cannot allow retrieve it in the original form. This is the general rule. This provides justification to the name of one way encryption. Md5 and crypt are being used for one way PHP encrypting.

Protecting the PHP Source

You have a source for your PHP. The PHP training session will teach you how to save this source from piracy. Thus, handling and dispersing the application is all so easy now. At the time of distributing a commercial PHP product, you would be in search for a way to encode the source code of PHP. In the training you would learn how you can accomplish this task successfully. As a commercial application developer in PHP you may have the trepidation that the user or the client may decode and create changes in the product. In the training the developer learns how to provide the best of protection to the coding.

PHP Data Protection Method

It is generally discussed in the PHP training, that with the help of Source Guardian and Zend Encoder you can provide proper protection to the intellectual data. With these security products, you don’t need to make use of software. You don’t need a module even. The files which have been encrypted by Zend encoder fantastically works with PHP installation on the Windows platform. However, in this case, you would need to install the Zend optimizer on the server.

In the following phase of PHP training, you would get to know about the details of PHP session. A PHP session helps in storing a piece of information in a variable. The storing is done in a way that you can access the information easily from any page. These are valuable sessions for all users. Once a user session is over, the browser gets closed, and the session automatically comes to an end. Next, it is time for you to learn how to upload a file from the browser with the help of PHP. The process is not at all complicated. You first need to create an HTML form. Your next task would be to create a PHP script for a genuine file uploading. However, there are more to add to the learning list.

Businesses and organizations are always looking for ways to minimize their overhead operating expenses and maximize their reach to a much wider market. The advent of new technologies such as web and internet has provided a very effective and convenient medium of marketing, growth and other managerial functions. Solutions such as web development services, mobile application development services and other web related services provide these businesses enough arsenals to reach out to a much wider market segment than they did before. Further, various enterprise applications allow organizations to manage their various day to day managerial work in a much convenient and faster way.

PHP web development has emerged as one of the most useful technique for developing websites and web applications. PHP is a server side scripting language that is widely used for developing dynamic websites and web applications. Further, offshore PHP development has emerged as a very cost effective methodology of acquiring quality solutions from IT outsourcing companies located in offshore locations.

Some of the major advantages of offshore PHP development are:

• Highly skilled PHP developers ensure that top quality solutions are delivered to you. Further they also make sure that solutions are delivered within the decided timeframe. Organizations and businesses cannot afford to lose time while their competitors are implementing new and better technologies to enhance their performance.
• Offshore PHP development ensures that you have enough resources and time to concentrate on your core business activities. This allows you to acquire a really effective solution developed by experts and also helps you in performing better in your business.
• These offshore PHP development companies usually offer tested and proven communication channels to their clients. These channels help them to control and monitor the entire project from their location. Every serious business and organization would agree that proper communication is most important for getting work done by employees or contractors or any other third party.
• Perhaps the most important and attractive advantage of offshore PHP development is the cost benefits offered by it. Clients don’t have to worry about setting up the infrastructure setup for development purpose. They are saved from the burden and exertion of hiring new employees to work on the project. Further, new employees would require some training and development programs in order to make them ready for working on the project. All these activities and many more associated with in-house project development require a very significant sum of money for proper execution. All this expense can be easily avoided by opting for offshore PHP development.
• Web development companies in U.S, U.K and other developed countries charge very high rates for these services. As the economy of developing countries is usually lower than that of developed countries therefore a web development company in the Indian sub-continent region would be able to provide much better and cost effective solutions.

There are many offshore software development companies in this region and clients can choose the one that best suits their requirements. However, clients should be very careful while choosing the offshore PHP development company for their requirements as an intelligent choice at this stage can help in acquiring a really useful, effective and reliable solution for their business.

Thanks to the introduction of PHP 7 in 2015, the particular platform is more popular than ever before. This version of PHP is known to contain some of the coolest features associated with inter-portability and performance. Today, we will take a look at how this programming language has evolved over the years. Once you finish this post, you will definitely have a lot of reasons why you would like to explore PHP Website Designing and Development. So, let us read on.

How this programming language has evolved over the years

There are not one but several reasons why this particular programming language is considered more flexible for web development today than what it has ever been before. Inter-portability is considered to be one of the most notable web application trends today. What exactly are we talking about here? We will explain. Don’t worry.

The advantage of inter-portability can be easily understood once you actually find out what it is. For instance, you are running an ecommerce website on WordPress. WordPress is definitely a great platform backing your site. However, there may be a point in your business when you may want to borrow a few features of other programming languages. Now, the merit of PHP lies in the fact that you can access any of its components with the help of reliable middleware solutions.

It wouldn’t be wrong to claim that this platform has only got better with time – even amidst all the competition posed by the other spectacular languages. The version of PHP 7 itself has been updated four times since December 2015. What more? The dev community has not ceased to look after the previous versions just because they are busy with PHP 7. In fact, the fifth version of the language supports more than 98% of the solutions. The reason behind its popularity does not end here.

PHP is considered to be a great fit for the enterprise apps. Let us tell you that this particular feature will only go on to shore up the use of this programming language in the coming years. You will come to know the reason behind this claim once you go through further through the post.

Its use will only intensify in the years to come

It has been estimated that by 2025 at least half of the organizations in the United States of America will actually run over ten applications at one go. Enterprises have often been found compiling codes written in PHP with Java and C++ as they have slowly started growing and handling larger amount of data on their way to growth. So, you can well imagine the kind of trajectory this language will experience in the coming years. Amidst all the speculations, 2025 is tipped to be the definitive year marking its growth.

The programming language is user-friendly. You should be prudent enough to find out more about the merits of this language when it comes to better web design and development. Hopefully, the points mentioned here will be of help. Thanks for the patient perusal.

PHP is such a server-based programming language that has won the heart of millions with its arrival in the international market. Today, there are almost no such companies that can think of a step without the help of PHP. Apart from the effectiveness which this language has offered the world, it has also created millions of vacancies for aspiring candidates.

With the overwhelming popularity of this programming language, the importance of courses concentrating on PHP is also increasing. As days are passing by, several such training institutes are growing up around us. But, is it really necessary for a person to avail these courses to be an expert in PHP?

Most of the PHP courses last for months and at times, the cost for such courses can go up to $5000, depending on the content of the course. But, most people neither have the time or money to opt for a course in order to become a successful web developer in the near future. So, for your convenience, here are the options at your hand to be an expert in PHP.

#1 – Avail the Courses Offered By Community Colleges or Other Training Facilities

Whenever a person looks for an effective course on PHP that can hand him/her with a dream job, he/she focuses on three particular things – the time and price involved with the course, and how deep it lets them reach into the language.

There are many such colleges and training facilities which have realized the importance of this language and therefore, have started to offer onsite PHP courses. So, if you are already studying in a college or are living anywhere near a training facility, try to know if there are such courses offered by your institute. Keeping the factor of time in mind, these courses are often designed in such a way that the classes are fixed on weekends. But, in case you have the whole week in your hand, you will likely find a course that suits your needs.

The price tag associated with the above courses can vary anywhere between $1000 and $5000. The training period can last for a week or even a month.

#2 – Opt For the Online Courses

If you want to design your own PHP course, internet is the best place for you. Online courses on PHP have gained massive popularity in the recent years and as a result, the number of centers providing such courses is also increasing. Such a course can let you learn PHP whenever it is possible for you. For instance, you can resume the course when you are back at home at night or on the holiday mornings. Online courses are a bit less expensive than those offered by colleges or training facilities.

#3 – PHP Training Institutes

There are certain institutes in various localities which only concentrate on PHP courses. This might be the right option for an individual to get to know about the server-based programming language in the best way. The course fee associated is much less compared to the other available options. Moreover, each and every such institute provides with the facility to get in touch with an expert while you are availing the course. This helps an individual obtain real time experience regarding any problems in PHP.

Irrespective of the most favorable option to a person, such courses should definitely be availed from an authentic place where one can surely make the most out of the chances that are offered during or after the course. Therefore, find the top training institute around you and avail the best PHP courses to build a strong and bright career.

In order to take decision regarding any investment in business development, one needs to be aware with cause & effects of several aspects of step taken. Before hiring a Web developer for business, one needs to be updated with preferences of technology. Thus for web development services, PHP Web Developers are highly preferred because of several quality aspects of PHP programming & proven success of its Custom Web Application Development.

India has the hub of outsourcing companies with highly skilled & experienced developers, which offers best services at reasonable cost without compromising with quality. Developers using PHP are able to concentrate on making your product more dynamic & user friendly because of simplicity of PHP programming. But one has to think on, whether the developer they are hiring will worth to give them perfect match of their requirements & budget on not. India being a center of attraction for most of the Business for their E-commerce website development in PHP, It already has developers with skills of that extent.

Now coming on the part why PHP developer is preferred for web development services, following are some of the of its quality aspects:

1. As PHP is open source, it cost low development & maintenance budget.

2. PHP saves in terms of both time & money through its several open source applications like Magento, Zen Cart, OsCommerce, Joomla and WordPress, which are best suited for E-commerce, CRM, related websites.

3. Web site will be user friendly, easy to load and as per search engines criteria.

4. PHP is platform independent, i.e. it can run on various operating systems such as LINUX, UNIX, Windows, etc. It is compatible with several servers like Apache & IIS. It also supports various databases like MySQL, Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, etc.

This all qualities of PHP are forcing developers of other programming language to learn PHP. So in order to provide best service we have developers with:

1. Expertise in web development.

2. Updates latest technical aspects.

3. Experience of creating dynamic web applications.

4. Dedication to client needs.

Now-a-days dynamic and interactive web pages are mostly created in PHP. Of all the programmers hired today from offshore countries, PHP developers and programmers are hired the most. There are many reasons for the fact that PHP developers are in huge demand in global software development.

PHP is the best choice for executing many programming functions such as Array, String, Date, Directory, Error handling, Filesystem, Filter, FTP, HTTP, LibXML, Mail functions, Math functions, Misc functions, MySQL, SimpleXML functions, XML Parser and Zip functions. Thus PHP supports more than 700 functions which eventually reduces the complexities while programming.

PHP also supports multiple databases like Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server and MS Access. As it is a open source, web development in PHP does not involve much cost.

PHP websites are easy to customize and programmers can manipulate it to their way. There are many groups and forums that discuss common and strange errors while doing web development.

Popular CMS such as WordPress, JOOMLA/Virtuemart, Drupal are developed in PHP. Though Java and dot-net oriented websites provide much security and better resolution, PHP is preferred as most of the websites that are live today are not much security concerned.

There are so many in-built PHP scripts and applications available today. Clients prefer their dynamic websites to be built in PHP. Many websites which are developed in ASP are switched over to PHP as it is much faster than asp.

There are so many tutorials available in internet offering a pool of data to learn it quickly. There’s no question, PHP programmers have good scope and future in web development.