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PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language that lets you create dynamic web pages.
In an HTML document, PHP script (similar syntax to that of Perl or C ) is enclosed within special PHP tags.
Because PHP is embedded within tags, the author can jump between HTML and PHP (similar to ASP and Cold Fusion) instead of having to rely on heavy amounts of code to output HTML.
And, because PHP is executed on the server, the client cannot view the PHP code.
PHP can perform any task that any CGI program can.
PHP-enabled web pages are treated just like regular HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you normally create regular HTML pages.