Thursday 7 May 2015

A brief on How PHP Apps Render Excellent Database Connectivity


One of the main reasons behind the popularity of PHP as a platform for application development is its excellent ability to be useful across a wide assortment of database technologies. It can easily connect to MySQL, Oracle, Solid, Sybase, Informix, as well as the Generic ODBC.

Popular Combination:
In fact; the PHP- MySQL is the most popular combination of scripting language with database. It is available on almost every UNIX host that is around. PHP is also web oriented and it can provide remote connectivity, url encoding, redirecting, setting up cookies and checking email using POP3 or IMAP.

Process of Optimization:
Usually the task that is accomplished by PHP app development service is optimization of all the features of PHP conveniently. A user navigating to web pages using PHP extension, their request is sent to web server and it is redirected to PHP interpreter as the following diagram depicts.

Diagram: PHP redirecting process


Source: http://www.shahnet.com/images/php.gif

The Scripting Process
PHP is a hyper text preprocessor and widely used server side scripting language. Written in HTML - it makes it necessary for the developer taking up application development with PHP to have good knowledge of HTML5. There is however one difference. In case of PHP, the script is not sent directly to the client by the server unlike HTML and the code is interpreted and thereafter executed in the client side. Developers have to keep this in mind while creating apps with PHP and they should understand the necessity of correct coding.

What PHP Apps Can Do
With appropriate apps support PHP can query the database, create various images, read and write the files and communicate with distant servers. Scope of use of such a wide assortment of possibilities is almost endless.

Output generated by PHP code is coupled with HTML and the result is transmitted to web browser of the user - while the browser sees HTML only.



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