Features Of PHP -

PHP is cross platform i.e., it runs under any type of operating system.
PHP is cross web server it runs under different web server like Apache, IIS, Tomcat etc.
PHP supports cross database platforms, some of the open source database like Mysql, sqlite, etc.,
PHP coding is very simple.
PHP is open source.
Zend Engine executes PHP applications very fast.
PHP 5.0 supports complete object oriented programming concepts.
PHP supports different types of content management system softwares’ like Joomla, drupal, etc., all CMS softwares’ are open source.
PHP supports different types of security functionality like encryption and authentication, authorization etc.
PHP supports different types of editors to create functions and programs.
Zend organization is maintaining PHP, they introduced number of editions to work with PHP.
By using some third party tools we can develop stand alone applications with PHP but we cannot provide complete functionalities to that application because PHP is purely for web development.

Features Of PHP