Just what is php ? how can it be used? is it really useful? 600Host UK explain..

PHP is abbreviated for Hypertext Preprocessor however orginally before 1997 it was called personal home page. In 1997 2 developers Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans developed php3 thus changing its name.

PHP is a general purpose scripting language and is read by the server providing php is installed upon the server which all our packages support.

PHP takes input of data and reads and performs tasks on this data then outputs it most commonly as HTML.

PHP is a great simple and easy to learn language giving your websites much more power! with the ability to access MySQL databases quickly and securely and also preform complex tasks like creation of forums!