PHP is an open-source, interpreted, and object-oriented scripting language that can be executed at the server-side. PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor. It’s not actually as complicated as it seems though if you have a basic understanding of HTML, PHP is going to be easy to learn. It allows you to collect, process and utilize data to create output – basically it allows you to interact with all your pages. The best things in using PHP are that it is extremely simple for a newcomer but offers many advanced features for a professional programmer. Don’t be afraid reading the long list of PHP’s features. You can jump in, in a short time, and start writing simple scripts in a few hours.