Out of the many available server side scripting language php is the most popular and sought after scripting language. This is because of its features.

The php is a robust, scalable and a flexible language. PHP can be used to build dynamic websites with ease. Dynamic contents add life to your website. They also let you control the contents of your website easily.

Unlike ASP which is a Microsoft product and JSP which is a sun proprietary product, php is an open source language. PHP is being developed through the php community for more than a decade now. Much of the development support is provided by the php community. The php developers can depend on each other to create newer and tougher functionality with the code. This means the cost of developing and maintaining a php based website is low.

PHP uses very little system resources. This means that, they are faster than other scripting languages. PHP provides security against various attacks that could be launched on your website!

PHP can also run of UNIX systems while asp can run only on Microsoft based systems. PHP also integrates with databases such as MySql. MySql is one of the most preferred back end databases.

Also php has many open source projects which can be used directly or can customize them as per our need. We have open source projects written in PHP for shopping carts, blogs, CMS, forums, photo gallery, dating, CRM and many for programmers like calenders, editors, database interface etc.

Many of the famous websites like face book and even yahoo use php in their websites. The main reason for yahoo to use php is because they have found php to scale well!

Thus php is the right choice for you if you want a scalable, dynamic, robust and low cost website!

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Himlal Pun - Professional PHP programmer India and founder of sisnolabs