in the past, skeptics nay hav asked, why should i learn php? today, php's popularity is enought to generate interest in learning php. php is a standard feature offered by most web hosting companies. but it is intersting to understand why so many people choose php over alternatives.

perl adpated wll to being a CGI solutino. microsfot provides its active server pages with internet information server and other which cost thousands of dollars. why should you choos PHP over any other alternatives? well, the answer is simple. PHP is free. you can download php at www.php.net there you can download the complete source code, licensed under a BSD-style license. Binaries are also available for windows.

PHP runs on UNIX, WIndows amd MAC OSX. php is designed tointegrate with Apache web server. apache, another free technologu, is the most popular we server ont eh internet and come with source code for UNIX and WIndows.

plus there are many website that offer free php support, since it is open source, many poeple share their knowledge, like us, at wallpaperama you can find many tutorials on PHP.