PHP is a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages.

PHP is the widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft's ASP.

    *  HTML/XHTML
    * JavaScript
    * PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
    * PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
    * PHP scripts are executed on the server
    * PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)
    * PHP is an open source software
    * PHP is free to download and use
    * PHP files can contain text, HTML tags and scripts
    * PHP files are returned to the browser as plain HTML
    * PHP files have a file extension of ".php", ".php3", or ".phtml"

MYSQL:
   
    * MySQL is a database server
    * MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications
    * MySQL supports standard SQL
    * MySQL compiles on a number of platforms
    * MySQL is free to download and use
   

PHP& MYSQL:

    * PHP combined with MySQL are cross-platform (you can develop in Windows and serve on a Unix platform)
    * PHP runs on different platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.)
    * PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.)