PHP is a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages. It is the widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft's ASP. It is a server-side scripting language whose main purpose is to generate the HTML code, which can be viewed by the client. PHP will allow you to:
• Reduce the time to create large websites.
• Create a customized user experience for visitors based on information that you have gathered from them.
• Allow creation of shopping carts for e-commerce websites.