PHP is Hypertext preprocessor language. It is an open source language. It is widely used for web development and embedded with HTML. Here is the example PHP is server side script language and used for dynamic web applications. These are the following main area’s where PHP script is used:- Server side scripting- Command line scripting- Desktop applications server-side scripting: This is the most common usage of PHP.
You need PHP configured server, web browser to run the script. You can use the HTML for the user interface to interact with the PHP script. Web applications, online forms are common examples. Command line scripting: You can also run PHP script without web browser and server. you can run PHP script through PHP Parse. You can regularly run the script through CRON job in Linux server and Task scheduler in window server.
Desktop applications: If you have knowledge of PHP then you can easily create the desktop applications for your own. you need to installed and configured theWAMP / XAMP server on your local machine.
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