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what is it?

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eekthecat

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Hi,

I would like to know what PHP is... Could I compare it with ASP except it's open source and for a Unix based system?

Do you need Apache to run PHP? Is it possible to run PHP from an IIS?

Thank you!

Eek
 
PHP is an open source server-side scripting language just like ASP. PHP is not just for Unix based system. You can compile it to run under Apache on Unix-based, Apache on Windows, even under IIS and MS Personal Web Server.

PHP is typeless and has a very simple programming syntax. It supports many features like database, SSL, FTP. It has all this features ready-to-compile, not like ASP that you have to purchase third-party components to use a feature.

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