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PHP, speeding up the development
Computer Science Characteristics that make PHP well- (e) Community and documentation: A
suited for web development
process and providing robust
solutions for common tasks.
(a) Ease of use: PHP’s syntax is clear
and easy to learn, especially for those
familiar with C, Java, or HTML,
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large and active community means a
making it an excellent choice for
beginners and professionals alike. wealth of resources, forums, tutorials,
and documentation are available for
(b) Flexibility: PHP is platform- learning and troubleshooting.
independent; it can run on various
operating systems like Windows, Generally, PHP fits into the server side
Linux, and macOS, and supports a of the web development stack, where
wide range of databases (including it is used to develop dynamic web
MySQL and PostgreSQL). applications. It runs on the web server,
(c) Integration: PHP is compatible with processes user requests by performing
virtually all web servers used today operations such as reading from or

(e.g., Apache) and can be easily writing to a database, and generates the
integrated with other technologies HTML content that is sent back to the
used in web development, like client. PHP’s power, ease of use, and
JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. flexibility, along with its vast ecosystem,
(d) Prebuilt solutions: There is a vast make it a cornerstone of modern web
ecosystem of frameworks (Laravel, development, capable of building
Symfony), CMS (WordPress, anything from small websites to large-
Drupal), and tools built with or for scale web applications.

Embedding PHP in HTML and CSS to create dynamic content
Building a website using PHP involves integrating PHP code with HTML and CSS.
HTML provides the structure and semantics of the web page, while CSS is used to
style and enhance the visual appeal. PHP is embedded within HTML tags and allows
for dynamic content generation and server-side processing. To embed PHP code
within HTML and CSS to create dynamic content, use the following steps:

Step 1: Create a PHP file with the necessary PHP code to generate dynamic content.
Program Example 8.2 shows how you can use PHP to fetch data from a
database and display it on the webpage.

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