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PHP, a project of the Apache Software Foundation, is a server-side scripting language which in March 2002 was in use at just under 9 million domains and over 1 million IP addresses. PHP 4, the latest release, has a number of features which make it a compelling choice for building dynamic web applications:

Performance: PHP 4 is extremely fast. Benchmarks show it outperforming ASP, JSP and ColdFusion.
Database integration: PHP provides for native connectivity to a great many database systems, including: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Java integration: PHP 4 offers seamless integrations with Java libraries and servlets.
Designed as a web server scripting language: PHP was designed from the beginning to be a web server scripting language and so offers extensive libraries for performing tasks common to building web applications, such as session management, auto-generation of images and PDF documents, parsing XML, working with cookies, sending email, and connecting to other network services.
Portability: PHP is currently available for every major web server on every major operating system in use today.

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