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PHP is the most used and fastest growing web scripting language not without reason. Now, what explains its widespread usage and popularity? PHP was designed to create dynamic web pages easily and quickly. It achieved unprecedented success in that which is why operating systems such as Linux have incorporated the language in their web servers.

Designed for dynamic websites, PHP has been widely accepted by developers all over the world. So, what is exactly PHP's speciality? PHP was actually designed for creating dynamic websites that cater to the different business requirements of individuals. Most PHP applications run on Linux servers and function similar to the windows platform.

As one of the fastest growing web scripting languages today, PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) was designed in 1994 to enable creation of dynamic web pages with ease. PHP has grown by leaps and bounds and has been adopted by major vendors (such as Linux). It is easy to learn and works on a variety of operating systems. It's strong performance, and modest learning curve, has made it the language of choice for many vendors who want a cost-effective development solution for the web.

PHP commonly runs on an open source platform, LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) now wins over ASP.net providing a large amount of resources and support.