Why You have to used PHP?

Why use PHP? 

You have obviously head of a number of programming languages out there; you may be wondering why we would want to use PHP as our poison for the web programming. Below are some of the compelling reasons. 

Why Used PHP

1. PHP is open source and free.
2. Short learning curve compared to other languages such as JSP, ASP etc.  
3. Large community document.  
4. Most web hosting servers support PHP by default unlike other languages such as ASP that need IIS. This makes PHP a cost effective choice.  
5. PHP is regular updated to keep abreast with the latest technology trends.  
6. Other benefit that you get with PHP is that it’s a server side scripting language; this means you only need to install it on the server and client computers requesting for resources from the server do not need to have PHP installed; only a web browser would be enough.  
7. PHP is cross platform; this means you can deploy your application on a number of different operating systems such as windows, Linux, Mac OS etc. 
8. PHP has in built support for working hand in hand with MySQL; this doesn’t mean you can’t use PHP with other database management systems. You can still use PHP with 

• PostgreSQL 

• Oracle  

• MS SQL Server  

• ODBC etc.