PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is the most widely used open source language after Java, C and C++ in general and is one of the most popular web-centric programming languages.
PHP application development provides number of benefits for custom development.
Developing a custom application in PHP is highly recommended for web applications due to number of advantages:
- Reduces development cost as it is open source
- PHP can be deployed on almost any system (e.g. Microsoft IIS, Apache etc)
- It can work with any database (e.g. MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle etc)
- Deployment is very easy and cost of hosting is on the lower side
- Due to its wide spread popularity and vast support base
there are numerous libraries and frameworks like CodeIgniter ,
CakePHP
etc.
- Wide range of development tools like
Eclipse
are available for free.
Over the time, major concerns have been raised by developers using other languages.
- PHP is a scripting
language unlike other languages like Java or C#. This is not quite true as there
are options available to deploy PHP in executable format such as using PHC which is PHP open source compiler.
- PHP is no pure object oriented language. This is again not quite right as object handling is completely rewritten for PHP 5.
- PHP cannot be used for developing Windows applications. There
are option available to build windows application in PHP like
WinBinder
or
Bambalam compiler.
PHP based applications can run on different architecture. Following are one of most famous architecture used globally.
- LAMP -
LAMP
name is originally taken from Linux
(operating system), Apache HTTP Server,
MySQL
(database software), and
PHP,
principal components to build a viable general purpose web based application.
- WAMP –WAMP is taken
from the initials of the operating
system Microsoft Windows and the principal components of the package:
Apache,
MySQL and PHP
(or
Perl or Python, although WAMP includes PHP exclusively).
- There are options available for Macintosh
operating system is known as
MAMP,
on a
Solaris
operating system is known as SAMP, on a FreeBSD operating system is known as
FAMP
There is a wide range of tools available for writing PHP applications. Some of important ones are
- ActiveState Komodo Edit
- Bluefish - Supports any protocol that is supported by
GnomeVFS. (SSH...)
- Eclipse - PHPEclipse and PHP Development
Tools projects. With additional plugins supports
SVN,
CVS, Database modelling,
SSH/FTP access, Database Navigation,
Trac integration, and others.
-
Emacs
- Advanced text editor. The
nXhtml
add on has special support for PHP (and other template languages).
There are number of frameworks available for PHP which take care of all the basic operations required in any applications. Some of most common used are
One of the most important benefits is huge community support for PHP. There are number of communities available to discuss issues related to PHP. This gives PHP development teams an extra advantage over other languages
To get more information on
PHP Custom Development and
offshore software development from India, contact us at info@extendcode.com.
