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PHP and MySQL
We specialise in the development of PHP and MySQL web applications. These two open source technologies enable developers to build almost any functionality into a website.
PHP is known as "PHP: HyperText Preprocessor". It is a server-side scripting language usually written in an HTML context. Unlike an ordinary HTML page, a PHP script is parsed by the PHP binary or module, which is server-side installed. HTML elements in the script are left alone, but PHP code is interpreted and executed. PHP code in a script can query databases, read and write files, talk to remote servers - the possibilities are endless. The output from PHP code is combined with the HTML in the script and the result sent to the user's web-browser.
PHP's support for MySQL further increases its popularity. MySQL is a powerful free SQL database, and PHP provides a comprehensive set of functions for working with it. That doesn't mean that PHP cannot work in other environments or with other tools. In fact, PHP supports an extensive list of databases and web-servers. The rise in popularity of PHP has coincided with a change of approach in web-publishing. While in the mid-1990s it was ok to build sites, even relatively large sites, with hundreds of individual hard-coded HTML pages, today's developers are making the most of the power of databases to manage their content more effectively and to personalise their sites according to individual user preferences.
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