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title: "What is php?"  
description: "What is php?"  
author: "Pawan Shukla"  
published: 2017-12-08  
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# What is php?

What is php?

## Answers

### Answer by Uttam Misra

**PHP** is a **server-side** **scripting** language which is open source and widely used.**PHP scripts** are executed on the **server** and the result is sent to the **browser** as plain **HTML**.We can integrate **MYSQL, MSSQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, PostgreSQL** and **Informix** database with **PHP**.You can also refer following links:[https://www.w3schools.com/PhP/php_intro.asp](https://www.w3schools.com/PhP/php_intro.asp)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP)


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