PHP and MySQL is popular web hosting applications. Both PHP and MySQL are essential components when it comes to running the popular Content Management Systems. Most of the well known sites like Wordpress and Wikipedia run on a combination of PHP and MySQL. This is because Wiki runs on what is known as Mediawiki software; this software is wrote using PHP script and uses a MySQL database.

What is PHP?

PHP (a recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Pre-processor) is a form of computer scripting language, which was originally designed for the production of dynamic web pages. PHP has the most popular Apache module among computers using Apache as a web server. Apache is primarily used to serve both static content and dynamic Web pages on the World Wide Web.

Recently, on May 1st 2008 there was a major release of PHP which came out, its 5.2.6. Version. This version, as with previous versions can be developed on most web servers as well as many operating systems and platforms; it can also be used with much relational database management. Also, unlike other scripting languages, PHP supports the most common databases like Oracle, Sybase and MySQL.

MySQL

MySQL is popular for web application, for open-source bug tracking tools and acts as the database component of WAMP, MAMP and LAMP. MySQL is closely related to PHP and Ruby on Rails. MySQL is a database management system also known as an Open Source SQL database, SQL is a standard interactive and programming language for querying and modifying data and managing databases. MySQL is very fast, reliable, easy to use and also has a very practical set of features developed in very close cooperation with its use. MySQL is one of those programmes which are under constant development and because of that today it can offer a rich and useful set of functions also mainatins speed, connectivity and security and with help of that we can access databases on Internet. MySQL is a multi-user, multithreaded computer language designed for management and retrieval of data, database object access control management and database schema creation and modification

IndiaNIC has experienced PHP programmers who can create custom PHP and MySQL sites; we also offer installation services for third-party programs. Because PHP is open source, many pre-existing software packages can be modified to client specifications. PHP and MySQL can be used for a variety of application including E-commerce websites, Content management system, Chat board forums etc.