ABSTRACT
PHP script was developed in 1994. Originally it was called personal home page, and now it is referred to as PHP hypertext preprocessor. As a server-side programming tool, PHP script can print dynamic web pages in HTML. A dynamic web page is different from a static web page in that a dynamic web page does not reside at a URL and its contents can vary depending on the request of a user or a computer program. PHP has been popular for several major reasons. First, PHP is easy to use. Its syntax is similar to C language. Second, PHP is free software. Supported by the Apache Software Foundation, <https://www.apache.org>;, an open source software development community, PHP can be downloaded for free from the PHP Group at <https://www. php.net>. Third, PHP can be installed on different platforms, including UNIX, Windows, and others. Fourth, the PHP community has developed many PHP library programs for MySQL, an open-source DBMS (database management system). This makes PHP even more popular for small or medium-sized organizations.
