PHP (Hypertext Pre-Processor) is a server-side scripting language utilized for web development and as a general-purpose programming language.

The beauty of this dynamic language is that it can be used with a broad array of relational database management systems and it runs on the popular web servers.

Beyond that, PHP is used across a wide range of industry domains: healthcare, banking, trading, education, e-commerce, transportation and logistics, e-learning, etc. Among other advantages is its easy deployment, flexibility, great documentation, transparency, availability, and the possibility to be hosted almost everywhere.